Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9 (Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Claudio Abbado)

From the Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Claudio Abbado Chapters: 0:00 Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9 in D major 0:40 I. Andante comodo 25:50 II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb 41:05 III. Rondo-Burlesque. Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig 53:57 IV. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (GMJO) was founded in Vienna in 1986, on the initiative of its present musical director, Claudia Abbado. Today it is regarded as the world’s leading youth orchestra. As weil as the encouragement of the next musical generation and working with young musicians, it was of particular importance to him to enable young Austrian musicians to play with their colleagues from the then socialist republics of Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Thus, the GMJO became the first international youth orchestra to hold open auditions in the countries of the former Eastern bloc. In 1992, the GMJO opene