Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, known as the Resurrection Symphony, is a large-scale work for orchestra, chorus and vocal soloists composed between 1888 and 1894 and premiered under Mahler's own direction in Berlin in 1895. Its five movements move from the funeral march of the opening, written as a response to the death of the conductor Hans von Bulow, through recollection and doubt to a choral finale setting a text on resurrection and eternal life that Mahler himself partly wrote. Requiring an enormous orchestra, an offstage brass ensemble and an organ, it is among the most ambitious symphonic works of the late Romantic era and remains one of Mahler's most frequently performed symphonies.
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was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895
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The Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, also known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888 and 1894
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As part of the new complete critical edition of Mahler's symphonies being undertaken by the Gustav Mahler Society, a new critical edition of the Second Symphony was produced as a joint venture between Universal Edition and the Kaplan Foundation.
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The Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, also known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895. This symphony was one of Mahler's most popular and successful works during hi
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The Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, also known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895.
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