Symphonie n° 7

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Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich continue their recording of the complete symphonies of Mahler with the seventh, which is considered one of his most complex and difficult symphonies to access: "The Mahler we are dealing with in Symphony No. 7 is more complex, darker, and more philosophical than the Mahler we know through his previous works," says Paavo Järvi. Mahler, who is extremely busy with his position as director of the Vienna State Opera, composed this symphony on the shores of the Austrian lake Worthersee during the summers of 1904 and 1905. Also called "Song of the Night," this symphony is characterized by a very rich instrumentation (including a guitar and a mandolin in the fourth movement) and spectacular orchestral effects: "Here, nature roars," Mahler said about the tenor horn solo at the beginning of the work.