After successful releases of Mahler's Symphonies 1 & 4, this third volume is the culmination of the live recording series. Manfred Honeck, one of the best Mahler interpreters of our time, was born in Austria and cultivated his music basics in Vienna. With enthusiastic, dedicated support from the orchestra's musicians, he successfully presents this extraordinary symphony, leaving no one in the audience untouched.

Berstein's acclaimed 1980's cycle of Mahler's symphonies, recorded with three virtuoso orchestras, released to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Mahler's birth.

This classical tragedy tells of the eponymous heroine, a sunlight-worshipping virgin who has no interest in earthbound romantic relationships. Unable to return her childhood-friend Leukippos's affections, and unwilling to don a special dress for the Dionysian festival, Daphne soon encounters a mysterious stranger, in the guise of a herdsman, who makes an unsuccessful attempt to wheedle her into romance. He ultimately reveals himself as Apollo, the...