100 years ago, the Austrian, Jewish-catholic artist Gustav Mahler died. Uri Caine has specialised in adaptations of Mahler’s Music and here Winter & Winter present a ‘best of’ his Mahler albums to date. The Drummer Boy begins with the waltz rhythm of ‘Rhinelegend’ introducing the wonderful actor and singer Josef Bierbichler – followed by ‘Kindertotenlieder’, the famous ‘Adagietto’ from the 5th Symphony and among other highlights ‘Two Blue Eyes’ with the Jewish cantor Aaron Bensoussan, the American poet Shulamith Wechter Caine (Uri Caine’s mother) and with an outstanding piano solo by Uri Caine himself.