Mahler Festival: Mäkelä & Concertgebouw Orchestra

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mahler's Symphonies 1 and 8 in occasion of the 2025 Mahler Festival, a Royal Concertgebouw's tribute to the composer.

In May 2025, the Royal Concertgebouw will host the third Mahler Festival in its history. A grand tribute to the composer 105 years after the first edition.

Klaus Mäkelä, artistic partner of the Concertgebouw Orchestra since 2022 and future chief conductor from 2027, presents two sold out concerts where he will be conducting symphonies No. 1 and No. 8.

English title Mahler Festival: Mäkelä & Concertgebouw Orchestra in Mahler 1
Orchestra / Band Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor Klaus Mäkelä
Recording date May 9, 2025
Recording location Concertgebouw Amsterdam
English title Mahler Festival: Mäkelä & Concertgebouw Orchestra in Mahler 8
Soloist Soprano: Golda Schultz; Soprano: Miriam Kutrowatz; Alto: Jennifer Johnston; Alto: Okka von der Damerau; Tenor: Giorgio Berrugi; Baritone: Michael Nagy; Bass: Tareq Nazmi
Orchestra / Band Concertgebouw Orchestra
Choir National Radio Choir; Laurens Symfonisch; Le Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris; National Children's Choir; National Boy's Choir
Conductor Klaus Mäkelä
Recording date May 18, 2025
Recording location Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Production Company Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Duration approx. 90' each