“no use looking up there, that’s all been composed by me.” But that’s Mahler for you. And let’s be fair, his Third Symphony – a hymn to Nature – is a work of genius. It’s an epic ...

For years the late Gary Bertini’s 1984-91 Cologne Radio Mahler cycle had a shadowy catalogue existence, marked by limited availability and the frequent deletion of individual volumes not long after ...

Or were these all premonitions? The "hammer-blows of fate" from the 6th Symphony seemed to be meant for Mahler himself when, in the summer of 1907, his much-loved daughter died of diptheria during ...