Contiene i seguenti saggi: Turning points : the Fifth Symphony and marriage / H.-L. de La Grange. Eternity or nothingness? : Mahler's Fifth Symphony / D. Mitchell. The manuscripts of Mahler's Fifth Symphony / E.R. Reilly. The publication of Mahler's Fifth Symphony / P. Banks.
[...] An autumnal rose : the reception of the Fifth Symphony conducted by Gustav Mahler / E. Wennekes. Amsterdam, a courageous community : Mahler's Fifth Symphony and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / T. de Leur. The history of Riccardo Chailly's Mahler performances / P. van der Lint. The Concertgebouw audiences and Mahler's Fifth Symphony / J. Giskes. Performances of the Fifth Symphony conducted by Gustav Mahler / Henriette Straub. Chronology of the performances of Mahler's Fifth Symphony by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / N. Steffen.
Il compact disc allegato contiene le seguenti opere di Gustav Mahler: Der Tamboursg'sell / Leonard Bernstein, conductor ; Andreas Schmidt, baritone . Trauermarsch : first movement of the Fifth symphony / Gustav Mahler, piano . Second trio from the "Trauermarsch" 1904 ; Second trio from the "Trauermarsch" 1919 / Riccardo Chailly, conductor . Adagietto : fourth movement of the Fifth symphony / Willem Mengelberg, conductor . Kindertotenlieder / Riccardo Chailly, conductor ; Robert Holl, baritone.