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There's no doubt about it, the San Francisco Symphony will forever be known as a master interpreter of the Mahler repertoire.
That much is self evident with the orchestra nominated for Grammy awards for its recent release of a live concert recording of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 and the Adagio from Symphony No. 10.
At the upcoming 52nd annual Grammy Awards, the orchestra will be vying for awards in three categories: Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Classical Album.
The three nominations are but the latest achievement in this orchestra's hugely successful cycle of Mahler recordings - which include all of his symphonies.
To date, that cycle has received a total of nine Grammy nominations and four Grammy awards.
These include the orchestra's recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 7, which won Best Classical Album and Best Orchestral Performance in 2007, and its first recording of the cycle - Mahler's Symphony No. 6 - which won the Grammy for Best Orchestral Performance of 2005.
