Why Mahler? How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World BY Norman Lebrecht, Deborah Borda

Summary: In his new biography, Lebrecht explores the life of the composer who straddled two musical worlds- born into the age of high romanticism and most prolific at a time of artistic revolution. Presented in association with The Mahler Project, A Symphonic Cycle for the New World, a project of the Los Angeles Philharmonic