Of all Mahler’s symphonies, the Seventh is often thought of as the ‘ugly ducking’. But actually we reckon it’s the work in which the composer’s genius is most clearly on show. Hear us out... Gustav ...

Stephen Johnson for Building a Library surveys available recordings of Mahler's Symphony No. 7 and makes a recommendation. For much of the last century, Mahler's Seventh Symphony was considered a dud, ...

“Needs more cowbell” is a flip expression often heard in the music business, and one wonders whether it was around in Mahler’s time, and he took it to heart for his seventh symphony, as their comedic ...

Even if that line made famous by Rita’s flatmate Trish in the film version of Educating Rita is meant to satirise the pretentiousness of the intellectual class, the life-affirming nature of Gustav ...