Mahler 10 - Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding / For his first Deutsche Grammophon recording, Daniel Harding conducts the work from his sensational debut with ''Mahler's orchestra'' / Deutsche Grammophon Audio CD 2008 / 477 7347

UPC 028947773474

The Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp major by Gustav Mahler was written in the summer of 1910, and was his final composition. At the time of Mahler's death, the composition was substantially complete in the form of a continuous draft, but not fully elaborated or orchestrated, and thus not performable. Only the first movement is regarded as reasonably complete and performable as Mahler intended. Perhaps as a reflection of the inner turmoil he was undergoing at the time (Mahler knew that he had a failing heart and that his wife had been unfaithful), the 10th Symphony is arguably his most dissonant work. 

The symphony has five movements:

1. Andante–Adagio: 275 bars drafted in orchestral and short score
2. Scherzo: 522 bars drafted in orchestral and short score
3. Purgatorio. Allegro moderato: 170 bars drafted in short score, the first 30 of which were also drafted in orchestral score
4. [Scherzo. Nicht zu schnell]: about 579 bars drafted in short score
5. Finale. Langsam, schwer: 400 bars drafted in short score

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