Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (Digital-only)

Czech Philharmonic & Semyon Bychkov present Symphony No. 7 in E minor (1904–05), a work of striking contrasts and dissonances. Eerie nocturnes, a central dance on the edge of madness, and an Orphean descent into the most extreme sonorities create a journey of compelling intensity. The Finale, in C major, appears to strive for simplicity, with echoes of Wagner’s Meistersinger and even Beethoven’s Seventh. Yet beneath its determined optimism, transforming Don Giovanni’s serenade into a jubilant conclusion, an underlying ambiguity remains, its final cadence leaving more questions than answers.