Mahler 9 with Lahav Shani Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Capturing the world in sound: for Mahler that was the essence of composing. In his all-important Eighth, he said he had made the universe resonate, his late work was dominated by stillness. His Ninth Symphony - the last he managed to complete - thus became a laude to life, culminating in an elusive resounding farewell: the music of the ultimate.