Altria Masterworks - Smith Conducts Mahler 9 (Richmond Symphony) May 15, 2009

Mahler's Ninth Symphony was his last complete symphony and considered by many his most intense. Leonard Bernstein said, "It is terrifying, and paralyzing, as the strands of sound disintegrate... in ceasing, we lose it all. But in letting go, we have gained everything." A season finale of historic proportions.

Conducted by Mark Russell Smith.

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