Is it Mahler's "whole world" or sibelius's "absolute music"
First of all, let me make it clear that I am not a professional, but an amateur. Let me give you some superficial opinions for your reference. Mahler's music seems to be rather difficult to understand, with a little musical philosopher's meaning, unlike Bach and Mozart, which belong to pure music, unlike Mendelssohn and Chopin's romanticism, unlike Beethoven's being labeled as a hero and struggling with fate, unlike Brahms's introspection and rational thinking. Mahler's teacher seems to be brukner, brukner is a loyal supporter of Wagner, and brukner's music tends to be religious and divine. To know Mahler, we can learn about his life course, such as his early poverty, discrimination against Jews, his wife's affair, the unfortunate death of children, etc. In addition, we can watch some professional music reviews, as well as the chapter introduction of the symphony itself and so on. As for the order, I don't think it's very important. I listened to the ninth symphony (not the song of the earth, but actually the tenth) first, and then listened and watched it from the first Titan and the second resurrection in order. I don't know if it's right myself. Of course, after listening to it, I will listen to what I like many times. Classical music, especially symphonic music, is different for everyone. There should be three levels. First, the composer is a feeling when composing music. Second, the conductor and orchestra are also a feeling. For example, karajan and abbado also conducted the Berlin Philharmonic, and the feeling is still different. Finally, the audience's terminal feeling and understanding, different professional backgrounds, different life experiences, and even the same person's feelings at different stages of life and different psychological states are different. Finally, I still quote a sentence from Liu Xie: Look at a thousand swords and then know the instrument, listen to a thousand songs and then know the sound. Learn more professional knowledge, listen more, feel more, and you will feel it slowly.