This definitive Mahler box set has been released by EMI to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Though he died in 1911, Mahler captures the anxieties and aspirations of the modern age in symphonies and songs which, while utterly personal in expression, strike a universal chord. These critically acclaimed recordings, made between 1949 and 2010, feature some of the greatest Mahler conductors, singers and orchestras. With three songs newly recorded by Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano, this set offers a complete portrait of a man who speaks to us now as urgently and beautifully as he has ever done.