The NHK Symphony Orchestra, which marks its 100th anniversary in October 2026, takes on Mahler's "Symphony No. 5" together with its Chief Conductor Fabio Luisi. The NHK Symphony Orchestra has earned high acclaim with works such as "Symphony No. 8" in 2023 and "Symphony No. 3" and "Symphony No. 4" at the "Mahler Festival 2025" in 2025, and this is a long-awaited challenge in that flow. In the first movement, "Funeral March," deep shadows are carved into the somber rhythm, and in the second movement, a dramatic development in which passion and silence intersect is vivid. In the third movement, a dynamic scherzo centered on the horns evokes the Viennese tradition. In the fourth movement, "Adagietto," impressively used in "Death in Venice," an aesthetic resonance drifts, and in the final movement the music turns dramatically into a surging torrent. This is the birth of a masterful performance in which the aesthetics of Luisi and the NHK Symphony Orchestra come to fruition. Recording: April 16 and 17, 2026, Suntory Hall.

Wagner: Das Rheingold Live (The Rheingold) is a live recording that captures the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Fabio Luisi, the prologue to The Ring (Der Ring des Nibelungen), recorded at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in 2024.