Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle (day 2) – review
The concentrated empathy with which conductor and players came together to realise Mahler's Fourth Symphony was extraordinarily memorable, writes George Hall
Berlin Philharmonic residency (day 1) – review
Without each other, Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic would still excel. Together, they are unbeatable, writes Erica Jeal
Mahler/Carpenter: Symphony No 10, Tonhalle Orchestra/Zinman – review
Mahlerians will be fascinated by a superb account of Clinton Carpenter's completion of Mahler's 10th, writes Nicholas Kenyon
CBSO/Nelsons – review
Nelsons certainly left no doubt about the power of the emotions boiling beneath the surface of the symphony, writes Andrew Clements
LA Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel – review
The challenge of this programme was for the 30-year-old Gustavo Dudamel to bring interpretative maturity to Mahler's Ninth Symphony – a score associated with lifelong experience, writes George Hall
LPO/Nézet-Séguin – review
this performance of the Fifth Symphony by the London Philharmonic seemed rather ordinary – though it had some extraordinary moments, writes George Hall
CBSO/Andris Nelsons – review
Andris Nelsons's account of Mahler's First Symphony was outstanding in many ways but it occasionally lost its way, writes Andrew Clements
LSO/Alsop – review
What gives Mahler's retouchings of Beethoven a special relevance is the light they cast on Mahler's own music, writes Andrew Clements
Bournemouth SO/Alsop – review
For her latest special visit to the Bournemouth, Marin Alsop conducted Mahler with more matter-of-factness than her protege Leonard Bernstein, writes Andrew Clements
CBSO/Nelsons – review
For all its dramatic sweep, there still seems something provisional about Andris Nelsons's Mahler with the CBSO, as if he, as much as his audience, can still be surprised by what these works contain, writes Andrew Clements
Hebrides Ensemble
The Hebrides Ensemble worked earnestly to produce the requisite thick, Romantic textures of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, writes Kate Molleson
LSO/Harding – review
The LSO is rarely bettered in Berlioz, and Harding, whether summoning up distant bells or presiding over the frenzy of the brigands' orgy, was electrifying, writes Tim Ashley
BBC Now/Otaka – review
Mahler's superhuman Third was movingly marshalled out by an on-form Tadaaki Otaka, writes Rian Evans
Hallé/Elder – review
Mark Elder took the 'look-no-hands' approach to conducting in the final part of this programme, writes Alfred Hickling
RLPO/Petrenko
Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe first proper orchestral concert of this year's Proms saw the disinterment of Mahler's dodgy reworking of Schumann's Manfred overture, writes Martin Kettle