Mahler: Rückert Lieder; Das Lied von der Erde

1. Das Lied von der Erde, symphony for alto (or baritone), tenor, & orchestra
Composed by Gustav Mahler
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Murray Dickie , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Conducted by Paul Kletzki

2. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, cycle of 4 songs for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Gustav Mahler
Performed by Halle Orchestra Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

3. Kindertotenlieder, cycle of 5 songs for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Gustav Mahler
Performed by Halle Orchestra with Dame Janet Baker
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

4. Rückert Lieder (5) for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Gustav Mahler
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra with Dame Janet Baker
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

5. Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 12 songs for voice & piano (or orchestra) Excerpts
Composed by Gustav Mahler
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra with Lucia Popp , Bernd Weikl
Conducted by Klaus Tennstedt

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Average customer rating: One baritone + one piano = underfed Mahler Beautifully poignant

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hampson, Thomas | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mahler: 5 frühe Lieder / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Des Knaben Wunderhorn ASIN: B000002RYY Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

1. Kindertotenlieder: I. Nun Will Die Sonn' So Hell Aufgeh'n
2. Kindertotenlieder: II. Nun Seh' Ich Wohl, Warum So Dunkle Flammen
3. Kindertotenlieder: III. Wenn Dein Mutterlein
4. Kindertotenlieder: IV. Oft Denk' Ich, Sie Sind Nur Ausgegangen
5. Kindertotenlieder: V. In Diesem Wetter
6. Lieder Nach Texten Von Friedrich Ruckert: Blicke Mir Nicht In Die Lieder
7. Lieder Nach Texten Von Friedrich Ruckert: Ich Atmet' Einen Linden Duft
8. Lieder Nach Texten Von Friedrich Ruckert: Liebst Du Um Schonheit
9. Lieder Nach Texten Von Friedrich Ruckert: Um Mitternacht
10. Lieder Nach Texten Von Friedrich Ruckert: Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen
11. Das Lied Von Der Erde: II. Der Einsame Im Herbst

Customer Reviews:

One baritone + one piano = underfed Mahler.......2005-09-24

Hampson uses his considerable powers to inflate these piano renditions of Mahelr song cycles into something better than they are. One piano is not remotely adequate to represent Mahler's wonderfuly rich orchestral world, and Hampson overworks to compensate. A miss by a great singer.

Beautifully poignant.......2004-05-29

I love this version of the Kindertotenlieder. After having heard the orchestral version with Fischer-Dieskau for hours and hours, I came across the Hampson-Rieger disk and fell in love with it. The piano versions bring out the pain in the songs much more than with orchestra acompaniment, and Thomas Hampson's voice and interpretation are absolutely "einmalig"!

Average customer rating: The Mastersinger

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Tracks:

1. Winterreise: Gute Nacht - Franz Schubert
2. Winterreise: Die Wetterfahne - Franz Schubert
3. Winterreise: Gefrorene Trn - Franz Schubert
4. Winterreise: Erstarrung - Franz Schubert
5. Winterreise: Der Lindenbaum - Franz Schubert
6. Winterreise: Wasserflut - Franz Schubert
7. Winterreise: Auf dem Flusse - Franz Schubert
8. Winterreise: Rck - Franz Schubert
9. Winterreise: Irrlicht - Franz Schubert
10. Winterreise: Rast - Franz Schubert
11. Winterreise: Frstraum - Franz Schubert
12. Winterreise: Einsamkeit - Franz Schubert
13. Winterreise: Die Post - Franz Schubert
14. Winterreise: Der greise Kopf - Franz Schubert
15. Winterreise: Die Kr - Franz Schubert
16. Winterreise: Letzte Hoffnung - Franz Schubert
17. Winterreise: Im Dorfe - Franz Schubert
18. Winterreise: Der sthe Morgen - Franz Schubert
19. Winterreise: Tchung - Franz Schubert
20. Winterreise: Der Wegweiser - Franz Schubert
21. Winterreise: Das Wirtshaus - Franz Schubert
22. Winterreise: Mut! - Franz Schubert
23. Winterreise: Die Nebensonnen - Franz Schubert
24. Winterreise: Der Leiermann - Franz Schubert

Tracks:

1. Die schone Mullerin: Das Wandern
2. Die schone Mullerin: Wohin?
3. Die schone Mullerin: Halt!
4. Die schone Mullerin: Danksagung an den Bach
5. Die schone Mullerin: Am Feierabend
6. Die schone Mullerin: Der Neugierige
7. Die schone Mullerin: Ungeduld
8. Die schone Mullerin: Morgengruss
9. Die schone Mullerin: Des Mullers Blumen
10. Die schone Mullerin: Tranenregen
11. Die schone Mullerin: Mein!
12. Die schone Mullerin: Pause
13. Die schone Mullerin: Mit dem grunen Lautebande
14. Die schone Mullerin: Der Jager
15. Die schone Mullerin: Eifersucht und Stolz
16. Die schone Mullerin: Die liebe Farbe
17. Die schone Mullerin: Die bose Farbe
18. Die schone Mullerin: Trockne Blumen
19. Die schone Mullerin: Der Muller und der Bach
20. Die schone Mullerin: Des Baches Wiegenlied
21. 4 Lieder: Nacht und Traume D 827
22. 4 Lieder: Standchen
23. 4 Lieder: Du bist die Ruh
24. 4 Lieder: Erlkonig

Tracks:

1. Schwanengesang: Liebesbotschaft
2. Schwanengesang: Kriegers Ahnung
3. Schwanengesang: Fruhlingssehnsucht
4. Schwanengesang: Standchen
5. Schwanengesang: Aufenthalt
6. Schwanengesang: In der Ferne
7. Schwanengesang: Abschied
8. Schwanengesang: Der Atlas
9. Schwanengesang: Ihr Bild
10. Schwanengesang: Das Fischermadchen
11. Schwanengesang: Die Stadt
12. Schwanengesang: Am Meer
13. Schwanengesang: Der Doppelganger
14. Schwanengesang: Die Taubenpost
15. 9 Lieder: Vollendung
16. 9 Lieder: Die Erde
17. 9 Lieder: An die Musik
18. 9 Lieder: An Silvia
19. 9 Lieder: Heideroslein
20. 9 Lieder: Im Abendrot
21. 9 Lieder: Der Musensohn
22. 9 Lieder: Die Forelle
23. 9 Lieder: Der Tod und das Madchen

Tracks:

1. An die Leier
2. Philoktet
3. Memnon
4. Fahrt zum Hades
5. Lied des Orpheus, als er in die Holle ging
6. Orest auf Tauris
7. Der entsuhnte Orest
8. Fragment aus dem Aeschylus
9. Der zurnenden Diana
10. Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren
11. Heliopolis I
12. Freiwilliges Versinken
13. Das Weinen
14. Schiffers Scheidelied
15. Der Kreuzzug
16. Vor meiner Wiege
17. Fruhlingslied
18. Jagers Liebeslied

Tracks:

1. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Im wunderschonen Monat Mai
2. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Aus meinen Tranen spriessen
3. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
4. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Wenn ich in deine
5. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Ich will meine Seele tauchen
6. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Im Rhein, im schonen Strome
7. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Ich grolle nicht
8. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Und wussten's die blumen die kleinen
9. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Das ist ein Floten und Geigen
10. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Hor ich das Liedchen kiligen
11. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Ein Jungling liebt ein Madchen
12. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Am leuchteden Sommermorgen
13. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Ich hab im Traum geweinet
14. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Allnachtilch im Traume
15. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Aus alten Marchen winkt es
16. Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Die alten bosen Lieder
17. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Lust der Sturmnacht
18. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Stirb, Lieb und Freud
19. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Wanderlied
20. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Erstes Grun
21. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Sehsucht nach der Waldgagend
22. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Auf das Trinkglas einet verstorbenen Fredes
23. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Wandrung
24. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Stille Liebe
25. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Frage
26. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Stille Tranen
27. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Wer machete dich so krank?
28. 12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Alte Laute
29. 7 Lieder: Freisinn
30. 7 Lieder: Schneeglockchen
31. 7 Lieder: Standchen
32. 7 Lieder: Laute di menien
33. 7 Lieder: Des sennen Abschied
34. 7 Lieder: Des sennen Abschied
35. 7 Lieder: Talismane

Tracks:

1. Liederkreis Op 24: Morgens steh ich auf und frage
2. Liederkreis Op 24: Es treibt mich hin
3. Liederkreis Op 24: Ich wandelte unter den baumen
4. Liederkreis Op 24: Lieb liebchen
5. Liederkreis Op 24: Schone Wiege meiner leiden
6. Liederkreis Op 24: Warte, warte, wilder Schiffmann
7. Liederkreis Op 24: Berg' undBurgen schaun herunter
8. Liederkreis Op 24: Anfangs wolt ich fast verzagen
9. Liederkreis Op 24: Mit Myrten und rosen
10. 11 Lieder: Der Kontrabandiste
11. 11 Lieder: Zigeunerliedchen I
12. 11 Lieder: Zigeunerliedchen II
13. 11 Lieder: Tief im Herzen
14. 11 Lieder: Melancholie
15. 11 Lieder: Sehnsucht
16. 11 Lieder: Gestandnis
17. 11 Lieder: O wie lieblich
18. 11 Lieder: Weh, wie zornig
19. 11 Lieder: Der Hidalgo
20. 11 Lieder: Romanze
21. Myrten op. 25: Widmung
22. Myrten op. 25: Der Nussbaum
23. Myrten op. 25: Lied aus dem Schenkenbuch I
24. Myrten op. 25: Lied aus dem Schenkenbuch II
25. Myrten op. 25: Die Lotosblume
26. Myrten op. 25: Du bist wie eine Blume
27. Myrten op. 25: Auden hebraischen Geangen
28. Myrten op. 25: Du bist wie eine Blume
29. Myrten op. 25: Zum Schluss
30. 5 Lieder: Die feindlichen Bruder
31. 5 Lieder: Abends am Strand
32. 5 Lieder: Die beiden Grenadiere
33. 5 Lieder: Mein schoner Stern
34. 5 Lieder: Wein Wagen

Tracks:

1. An die ferne Geliebte, op.98: Auf dem Huegel sitz ich, spaehend - Ludwig Van Beethoven
2. Wo die Berge so blau - Ludwig Van Beethoven
3. Beethoven: Leichte Segler in den Hoehen - Ludwig Van Beethoven
4. Diese Wolken in den Hoehen - Ludwig Van Beethoven
5. Es kehret der Maien, es bluehet die Au - Ludwig Van Beethoven
6. Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder - Ludwig Van Beethoven
7. Lieder: Adelaide, op.46 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
8. Ich liebe dich, so wie du mich, WoO 123 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
9. L'amante impaziente, op.82-3 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
10. L'amante impaziente, op.82-4 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
11. Ariette (Der Kuss), op.128 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
12. In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
13. Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur, op.48-4 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
14. Maigesang, op.52-4 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
15. Marmotte, op.52-7 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
16. Seufzer eines Ungeliebten-Gegeliebe, WoO 118 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
17. Andenken, WoO 136 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
18. Der Wachtelschlag, WoO 129 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
19. Aus Goethes Faust (Mephistos Flohlied), op.75-3 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
20. 3 Gesaenge, op.83: I. Wonne der Wehmut - Ludwig Van Beethoven
21. II. Sehnsucht - Ludwig Van Beethoven
22. III. Mit einem gemalten Band - Ludwig Van Beethoven
23. An die Hoffnung, op.94 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
24. Lied aus der Ferne, WoO 137 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
25. Der Juengling in der Fremde, WoO 138 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
26. Der Liebende, WoO 139 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
27. Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel, WoO 150 - Ludwig Van Beethoven

Tracks:

1. Es muss ein Wunderbares sein
2. Benedetto sia 'l giorno
3. Pace non trovo
4. I' vidi in terra angelici costumi
5. Oh, quad je dors S282
6. die drei zigeuner
7. Die vatergruft
8. Der alpen jager
9. Blume und Duft
10. Vergiftet sind meine Lieder
11. Tristesse
12. Ihr Glocken von Marling
13. Hohe Liebe
14. O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
15. Im Rhein, im schonen Strome
16. Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam
17. Morgens steh ich auf und frage
18. der traurige Monch

Tracks:

1. Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh
2. Ich wandte mich und sahe an alle
3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du
4. Wenn ich mit Menschen - und mit Engelszungen redete
5. Sommerabend
6. Mondenschein
7. Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze
8. Meerfahrt
9. Es schauen die blumen
10. Der Tod, das ist die kuhle Nacht
11. Mit vierzig Jahren
12. Steig auf , geliebter Schatten
13. Mein Herz ist schwer
14. Kein Haus, keine Heimat
15. Herbstgefuhl
16. Alte Liebe
17. Abenddammerung
18. Heimweh II
19. Auf dem Kirchhofe
20. Verzagen
21. Regenlied
22. Nachklang
23. Fruhlingslied
24. Auf dem See
25. Feldeinsamkeit

Tracks:

1. Hugo Wolf: In der FrHugo Wolf
2. Hugo Wolf: Fussreise - Hugo Wolf
3. Hugo Wolf: Neue Liebe - Hugo Wolf
4. Hugo Wolf: Der Feuerreiter - Hugo Wolf
5. Hugo Wolf: Jrlied - Hugo Wolf
6. Hugo Wolf: Storchenbotschaft - Hugo Wolf
7. Hugo Wolf: Verborgenheit - Hugo Wolf
8. Hugo Wolf: Verborgenheit - Hugo Wolf
9. Hugo Wolf: Im Fr - Hugo Wolf
10. Hugo Wolf: Auf einer Wanderung - Hugo Wolf
11. Hugo Wolf: An die Geliebte - Hugo Wolf
12. Hugo Wolf: Peregrina I - Hugo Wolf
13. Hugo Wolf: Peregrina II - Hugo Wolf
14. Hugo Wolf: Lebewohl - Hugo Wolf
15. Hugo Wolf: Begegnung - Hugo Wolf
16. Hugo Wolf: Der Jr - Hugo Wolf
17. Hugo Wolf: Bei einer Trauung - Hugo Wolf
18. Hugo Wolf: Abschied - Hugo Wolf

Tracks:

1. Es war einmal ein Bock
2. Einst kam der Bock als Bote
3. Es liebte einst ein Has
4. Drei Masken sah ich am Himmel stehn
5. Hast du ein Tongedicht vollbracht
6. O lieber Kunstler, sei ermanhnt
7. Unser Feind ist, gober Gott
8. Von Handlern wird die Kunst bedroht
9. Es war mal eine Wanze
10. Die Kunstler sind die Schopfer
11. Die Handler und die Marcher
12. O Schropferschwarm, o Handlerkreis
13. Gefunden
14. Das Roseband
15. Einerlei
16. Winterweihe
17. Stiller Gang
18. Der Arbeitsmann
19. Blindenklage
20. Heimkehr
21. Wer wird von der Welt Verlangen
22. Hab ich euch denn je geraten
23. Wanderers Gemutsruhe

Tracks:

1. Aeolsharfe
2. Winterahnung
3. Traum durch die Dammerung
4. Nelken
5. Flieder
6. Minnelied
7. Der Himmel Hat eine Trane Geweint
8. Waldeinsamkeit
9. Schlecht Wetter
10. Gluckes genug
11. Einsamkeit
12. Gottes Segen
13. Das sterbende Kind
14. Ein Drangen
15. Trost
16. Heimat
17. Ihr, ihr Herrlichen!
18. Der zerrissne Grabkranz
19. Das Blatt im Buche
20. Im April
21. Brablied
22. Sie haben heut Abend Gesellschaft
23. In Danzig
24. Eingelegte Ruder
25. Saerspruch
26. Hussens Kerker
27. Zorn
28. An die Mark
29. Zum Abschied meiner Tochter
30. Tragische Geschichte
31. Sonett Nach Petrarca

Tracks:

1. Ein Tagewerk I
2. Ein Tagewerk II
3. Fruhgesicht
4. Reisefantasie
5. Das Ende des Festes
6. Nachruf
7. Jugendgedenken
8. Peregrina II
9. Auf ein Kind
10. Dammrung senkte sich
11. Ach, wie schon
12. Nachklang
13. Hore den Rat
14. Venezianisches Epigramm
15. Jetzt rede du
16. Auskunft
17. Aus zwei Talern
18. Kennst du das auch?
19. Ravenna I
20. Das Ziel
21. Keine Rast
22. Kindheit
23. Im Kreuzgang von Santo Stefano
24. Nachtgefuhl
25. Magie der Farben
26. Verwelkende Rosen
27. Abends
28. Mittag im September
29. Blauer Schmetterling
30. Pfeifen
31. Sommernacht
32. Fur Ninon
33. Verganglichkeit

Tracks:

1. Ballade de Villon a s'amye
2. Ballade que Villon feit a la requeste de sa mere pour prier nostre Dame
3. Ballade des femmes de Paris
4. Nahandove
5. Aoua!
6. II est doux
7. Chanson de la mariee
8. La-bas, vers l'eglise
9. Quel galant m'est comparable
10. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
11. Tout gai!
12. Chanson romanesque
13. Chanson epique
14. Chanson a borie
15. At The River
16. Elegie
17. Anne Street
18. A Chirstmas Caro
19. From 'The Swimmers'
20. West London (A Sonnet)
21. A Farewell To Land
22. Abide With Me
23. Where the eagle
24. Disclosure
25. The White Gulls
26. The Children's Hour
27. Two Little Flowers (And Dedicated To Them)
28. Autumn
29. Tom Sails Away
30. Ich Grolle nicht
31. Feldeinsamkeit
32. Weil' auf mir
33. In Flanders Fields

Tracks:

1. Phantasie aus Don Juan
2. Ablosung im Sommer
3. Selbstgefuhl
4. Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
5. Zu Strabburg auf der Schanz
6. Booh, Wie Ist Die Barmhezigkeit des herrn
7. Willst du Gottes Diener sein
8. Alles, was aus der Erde kommt
9. Tod, wie bitter bist du
10. Lied des Mephistopheles
11. Zigeunerlied
12. Schlechter Trost
13. Lied des Mephistopheles
14. Liederseelen
15. Alle
16. Der Gesang des Meeres
17. In einer Sturmanacht (Nikodemus)
18. Nun die Schatten dunkeln
19. Wonne der Wehmut
20. Aus den Himmelsaugen
21. Musikantegrub
22. Der juge Ehemann
23. Der Soldat
24. Uomo del mio tempo
25. Con una fronda di mirto

Tracks:

1. 1. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
2. 2. Ging heut morgen uebers Feld
3. 3. Ich hab ein gluehend Messer
4. 4. Die zwei blauen Augen
5. 1. Um Mitternacht
6. 2. Ich atmet' einen Linden Duft
7. 3. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
8. 4. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
9. 1. Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgehn
10. 2. Nun seh ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
11. 3. Wenn dein Mutterlein
12. 4. Oft denk ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
13. 5. In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus

Tracks:

1. Ich will den kreuzstab gerne tragen: Arie
2. Ich will den kreuzstab gerne tragen: Rezitativ
3. Ich will den kreuzstab gerne tragen: Choral
4. Ich will den kreuzstab gerne tragen: Arie
5. Ich will den kreuzstab gerne tragen: Rezitativ
6. Ich habe Genug: Arie
7. Ich habe Genug: Rezitativ
8. Ich habe Genug: Arie
9. Ich habe Genug: Rezitativ
10. Ich habe Genug: Arie
11. Ich bin eine blum zu saron: Arie
12. Ich bin eine blum zu saron: Arie
13. Ich bin eine blum zu saron: Arie
14. Ich suchte des nachts: Duett
15. Ich suchte des nachts: Duett
16. Ich suchte des nachts: Duett
17. Ich suchte des nachts: Arie
18. Ich suchte des nachts: Arie
19. Ich suchte des nachts: Duett
20. Ich suchte des nachts: Arie
21. Ich suchte des nachts: Duett

Tracks:

1. Hir ist sas rechte Osterlamm
2. Gerne will ich mich bequemen
3. gebt mir meine jesum wiender
4. Mache dich, mein herz, rein
5. Et in Spiritum Sanctum
6. Achzen und erbarmlich weinen
7. Duett - Wann kommst du, mein heil
8. O Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul-Opprest WIth Never - Casting Greif
9. Aus der Tiefe rufe ich
10. Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
11. Meine Hande ringen sich
12. Jedennoch bleib ich stets an dir
13. Aus der Tiefe rufe ich
14. Duett - Holde Gattin, dir zur Seite
15. Solo & Chor - Herr, lehre doch mich

Tracks:

1. Frondi tenere e belle - Ombra mai fu
2. Cara pianta
3. Presti omai l'Egizia terra
4. Non e si vago e bello
5. Che faro senza Euridice
6. Udite, tutti udite
7. Io deggio ad ogni patto
8. Finch'han dal vino
9. Deh, vieni alla finestra
10. Hai gia vinta la causa
11. Vedro, mentr'io sospiro
12. Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja
13. Ein Madchen oder Weibchen
14. Ha! Welch ein Augenblick!
15. Wie Todesahnung Damm'rung - O du, mein holder Abenstern
16. Was duftet doch der Flieder
17. Wahn! Wahn!
18. Zur Burg fuhrt die Brucke - Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge

Tracks:

1. Botre toast... je peux vous le renre
2. avant de quitter ces lieux
3. L'orage s'est calme
4. Resta immobile
5. Morir! ... Tremenda cosa!
6. Di Provenz il mar
7. Nemico della patria?!
8. Si puo? Signore!
9. Povero Rigoletto!
10. Cortigiani, vil razza dannata
11. Brav, alter Hans
12. Lebt wohl ihr suben studen

Tracks:

1. Schlafst oder wachst du?
2. Heimkehr
3. Maggy Lauder
4. Dort, wo durchs ried
5. Fileb leise, mein bachlein
6. Horch auf, mein liebchen
7. Da brava, Cantina
8. O kostliche Zeit
9. Trinklied
10. Der treue Johnie
11. Kommt, schliebt mir einen forhen Kreis
12. Once more I Hail Thee
13. Sunset
14. Put Round The Bright Wine
15. Could Ill World
16. Could Ill Be fate
17. Oh, Had My Fate
18. The Return Of Ulster
19. Ein entmutigter liebender
20. Ein begluckter Liebender
21. Bewuderug
22. Gluhende Liebe
23. Trinklied
24. Weine, weine, weine nur nicht

Customer Reviews:

The Mastersinger.......2000-06-24

If the second half of the 20th Century has musical signs, they must include that phenomenal German singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau who dominated the recital and concert halls, the opera stages and the recording studios in a way no other artist has done it, except maybe Leonard Bernstein. In celebration of this great artist's 75th birthday we have here a set which includes the gems of his lieder repertoire, starting with those great Schubert cycles in their most vivid performances. Just listen to those early renditions of the Schone Mullerin or with Jorg Demus, or to Schuman's Dichterliebe cycle (with the same pianist). And you shall not miss the artistry of this most sensitive voice in full volume of Mahler lieder with piano and orchestral songs. And what about the Morike lieder by Hugo Wolf? Well, you shall probably wonder at that special cooperation between the singer and the Russian pianist Svitoslav Richter. It is a performance of lifetime, and so it is with the Wintereise of Schubert with Barnboim at the piano. Those who know the artistry of Fischer-Dieskau and even those who have already other recordings of those great works will not regret having this special set. For the newcomers to this great artist there will be a lot to discover, The music itself, sure, but mainly the art of interpratation. In this alone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau shine high and above all other singers.

Average customer rating: highly musical Mahler Unsung heros Magnificent Mahler

Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde/Lieder Nach Gedichten Von Friedrich Rückert Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tenors | Voices | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000291J Release Date: 1994-05-03

Tracks:

1. Das Lied von der Erde: Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
2. Das Lied von der Erde: Der Einsame im Herbst
3. Das Lied von der Erde: Von der Jugend
4. Das Lied von der Erde: Von der Schonheit
5. Das Lied von der Erde: Der Trunkene im Fruhling
6. Das Lied von der Erde: Der Abschied
7. Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Ruckert: 'Ich atmet' einen linden Duft'
8. Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Ruckert: 'Liebst du um Schonheit'
9. Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Ruckert: 'Um Mitternacht'
10. Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Ruckert: 'Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder'
11. Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Ruckert: 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen'

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This disc is a real sleeper. On LP, with recessed sound, it was a total nonstarter. Remastered onto CD, however, it suddenly reveals a performance of well-nigh incomparable beauty. The only rival to the Philadelphia Orchestra for sheer quality of playing is the Concertgebouw Orchestra on Philips. It's fashionable in vocal circles to disparage Lili Chookasian, a good but not great singer, but here she really gives it her all, as if she understood that this would be her musical testament. It's a very fine performance, and Richard Lewis is a Das Lied pro. Nothing to complain about there. Throw in Frederica von Stade's lovely Rückert Lieder as a bonus, and at budget price, this is an incredible deal. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

highly musical Mahler.......2004-03-16

As I grow older, my appreciation for Eugene Ormandy grows, thanks largely to the many inexpensive reissues of his work. Though never highly regarded as a Mahlerian, his Das Lied does just about everything right without resorting to the hysteria which ruins much of the favored Bernstein/Vienna performance. Ormandy's is a supremely lyrical account that lets the score unfold naturally. He presents a wealth of orchestral detail in the most natural manner - never spotlighted or dragged out of proper balance. The Philadelphia Orchestra is superlative and the sound excellent. Both soloists offer straightforward and musical accounts without effacing the memories of Wunderlich and Ludwig for Otto Klemperer or Patzak and Ferrier for Bruno Walter (still my two favorite Das Lied's.) There is a lot to be said for honest music making and Eugene Ormandy is a champion of the musicmaking that is merely musical. Listeners who need to be jolted out of their seats should look elsewhere.

Unsung heros.......2003-11-19

I still do not understand why Maestro Ormandy always got the short end of the stick when it came to the great neo-classic masterpieces. He did a magnificent recording of Mahler's 1st with the 'Blumine' movement on RCA along with the 2nd, 'Resurrection', which is still the best one out there and he also had the first recording of the Derrick Cooke reconstruction of Mahler's unfinished 10th on SONY.

At the time everyone was touting Maestro Bernstein and Sir George Solti with the CSO and reviews that said that the CSO proved its superiority over any other orchestra in the world, and here Maestro Ormandy, quietly recorded four masterful performances, of which Das 'Lied Von Der Erde' was the last, I believe.

If there was or still is the perfect Mahler orchestra the PHO is still it (I refer you to the 'Titan' performed magnificently by Ricardo Muti with the PHO-goosebumps the whole time I was listening). No other has captured a sound that is nonpariel romantic. Maestro Ormandy recorded all of the Russian composers who were inspired by Mahler and captured that sound these composers wanted, Shostakovitch, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and I am sure there a some others that I now forget. (I almost forgot Sibelius). He also performed them with Mahlerlike/Eastern European passion.

His conducting and the orhestral playing is absolutely magnificent. I had goosebumps, while listening to this recording, the whole time. Richard Lewis, Lili Chookasian were both wonderful, although I thought the mike was a little too distant for Ms. Chookasian. I can remember hearing comments on the performance of 'Der Abschied' by Sir George, and I used to have that recording, but Ormandy is more passionate and the orchestra plays so maginicently and the strings, as usual, add a mystical quility and color that was totally missed by Solti. In fact, that quality was magnificent throughout this recording. The brass and wind sections were wonderful. Norman Carrol, French Horn, John deLancie, oboist, and I don't know if the trumpet was played by Gilbert Johnson or Frank Kadderback, but they were magnificent as well. I have always loved to hear tremolo from the brass section. I am sorry that it seems to not be present in any of the PHO recordings since the Maestro passed away.

Each 'song' is crafted and played, by the Maestro, so wonderfully and the union of singers with the orchestra is sublime. The Maestro captures the mood of each piece with tenderness when needed and then passionate explosions of sound, as only Mahler can do. I have had hundreds of Ormandy, PHO recordings and have loved them all but this could be his finest performance of all and the orchestra with him. I just wish that the Ruckert Lieder had been performed with him and Ms von Stade.
Would have been a wonderful contrast, but with a Mahler conductor.

Come on RCA and SONY re-release the rest of the Ormandy Mahler recordings.

This is an absolute must for any classical collection. Write SONY and RCA and demand!!! re-releases of Ormandy's Mahler!

Magnificent Mahler.......2003-06-13

In the 1950s and 60s, CBS/Columbia (now Sony Classical) had the great fortune to have three of America's best orchestras and their conductors on its recording roster -- Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. Nearly a half-century later, only Leonard Bernstein remains a name that even the non-classical music world knows well. But in the world of the compact disc, this is a wonderful thing, because while Leonard Bernstein analog stereo recordings sell at mid-price, classic performances by Ormandy and Szell are regulated to the budget line. Well, my friends there is justice in the world because the vast majority of these "budget line" recordings are simply amazing. This particular disc features Ormandy and the Philadelphians in Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" with mezzo-soprano Lili Chookasian and tenor Richard Lewis. This 1966 performance of "the symphony that was not a symphony" (for those of you who don't know, it chronologically would be Symphony 8 1/2) is outstanding, though I would have to rank it slightly behind Bruno Walter (who actually premiered the work six months after Mahler's death in 1911) and Otto Klemperer's stereo versions. The 1979 recording of the "Ruckert-Lieder," by Andrew Davis, not Ormandy, is enjoyable but I will always prefer Janet Baker and Barbirolli. However, all the aforementioned alternatives are mid-line, and it is rare when something of such high quality comes at a budget price. Enjoy!

Average customer rating: The Paul Kletzki Das Lied von der Erde Baker! Dieskau! Barbirolli! Mahler! A beautiful selection of some of Mahler's best! A mostly marvellous mixture: and a bargain!

Mahler: Rückert Lieder; Das Lied von der Erde Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002S0E Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Das Lied von der Erde: Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
2. Das Lied von der Erde: Der Einsame im Herbst
3. Das Lied von der Erde: Von der Jugend
4. Das Lied von der Erde: Von der Schonheit
5. Das Lied von der Erde: Der Trunkene im Fruhling
6. Das Lied von der Erde: Der Abschied
7. Leider Eines Fahrenden Gesellen: I. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
8. Leider Eines Fahrenden Gesellen: II. Ging heut' morgen ubers Feld
9. Leider Eines Fahrenden Gesellen: III. Ich hab ein gluhend Messer
10. Leider Eines Fahrenden Gesellen: IV. Die zwei blauen Augen

Tracks:

1. Kindertotenlieder: I. Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n
2. Kindertotenlieder: II. Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
3. Kindertotenlieder: III. Wenn dein Mutterlein tritt zur Tur herein
4. Kindertotenlieder: IV. Oft denk'ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
5. Kindertotenlieder: V. In diesen Wetter, in diesen Braus
6. 5 Ruckert-Lieder: I. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
7. 5 Ruckert-Lieder: II. Ich atmet' einen Linden-duft
8. 5 Ruckert-Lieder: III. Um Mitternacht
9. 5 Ruckert-Lieder: IV. Liebst du um Schonheit
10. 5 Ruckert-Lieder: V. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
11. Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Revelge
12. Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht
13. Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Der Tambourg'sell
14. Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
15. Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen

Customer Reviews:

The Paul Kletzki Das Lied von der Erde.......2004-12-19

Review of Paul Kletzki's interpretation of Das lied von der Erde.

The alternate take of Das Lied von der Erde, which uses a baritone instead of a mezzo (together with the usual tenor), has few recorded incarnations. This CD twofer, however, contains one of the classic though underrated accounts: Paul Kletzki is conducting the Philharmonia, and Murray Dickie (tenor) and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) are soloists.

At face value, and with recording history in mind, one could have expected that this recording would be no match for the later very famous Bernstein version, with Vienna PO, having Fischer-Dieskau and King as soloists.

But in my view, Kletzki is a far better Mahler interpreter than Bernstein - he is simply more frantic and straightforward, less sentimental. And this makes a great deal when comparing these discs: where Bernstein lets his passion interrupt the flow of the music, so that we hear more of Bernstein than of Mahler, Kletzki makes the Philharmonia play as if it were the last day of the world - as I suppose Mahler would have done it.

Regarding the soloists on the Kletzki take: Dickie makes a good job, even if he's not a Heldentenor like King. And Fischer-Dieskau is singing with a sense of discovery. On the Bernstein take, by contrast, he sings more or less on routine.

Moreover, the recording quality fits at least my ear pretty well - we get an OK but old stereo recording (unfortunately with a harch treble in the upper register, however). And the Barbirolli/Baker takes incarnated in this twofer need no extensive comment - they are immortal classics.

Strongly recommended!

Baker! Dieskau! Barbirolli! Mahler!.......2001-03-01

A coupling of two classic releases. Baker's voice is for many, the Mahler voice. Fantastic warmth and espressiveness throughout, well matched by Barbirolli's mature and masterly direction of the orchestra (check out his Mahler 9 for incredible depth and passion). The songs are unutterably beautiful. What more can one say? Dieskau is on fabulous form in Das Lied, in a performance that is a clear demonstration that the spirit is often far more important than letter, in music. His singing is simply spell-binding and unforgetable, full of drama, character and subtlety. Some consider his later recording superior. I haven't heard it, so I find this unimaginable. Some of the technical demands aren't quite met here, specifically the fast sequence in 'Of Beauty', but this does not detract. Dicke sings well, but inevitably battles with Mahler's terrifying performance demands. Still, he does a creditable job of one of the must inhumanly difficult tenor parts in history. Kletzki's conducting is refreshingly crisp, and he makes sure his tempi don't drag, even in Das Abschied. This seems to be at the classical end of Mahler performance as opposed to the Bernstein romantic extreme. The close of the first movement is a finely conducted moment, and the closing bars of 'Das Aschied' ARE SPECIAL. Buy now!

A beautiful selection of some of Mahler's best!.......1999-11-13

A bargain to say the least! 2 breathtakingly beautiful cds full of Mahler's wonderful music. My favorite performance on the album is track ten-cd 2...the 5 Ruckert songs finale! Dame's voice is beyond description.

A mostly marvellous mixture: and a bargain!.......1999-04-07

This is perhaps not for those new to Mahler (no words for the songs, and only a selection from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn", but here are two discs crammed with mainly excellent performances. Fischer-Dieskau takes the baritone alternative in "Das Lied von der Erde" and while he is recorded too close he proves that *he* could give a spellbinding performance while ignoring Mahler's carefully marked dynamics (I don't think this would work for anyone else!). Baker and Barbirolli are beyond praise in their three cycles, and in her two songs, Lucia Popp is delightful. Buy it!!

Average customer rating: An excellent overview of Dietrich Fischer Dieskau with Deutsche Grammophon

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Customer Reviews:

An excellent overview of Dietrich Fischer Dieskau with Deutsche Grammophon.......2005-11-08

"An die Musik", aptly named after the famous Schubert lied of the same title, is an excellent overview of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's recorded output for Deutsche Grammophon over the past 56 years. On the CDs, there are six Schubert lieder from Fischer-Dieskau's 21 disc set with pianist Gerald Moore, (dating from ca. 1970) and other lieder by Wolf, Richard Strauss, Brahms, and Schoeck. Also included are two chansons of Claude Debussy, and arias from Mozart's "Die Zauberflote" and "Don Giovanni", both conducted by Ferenc Fricsay; small part of Fricsay's Orff "Carmina Burana" (rec. 1949), Schubert's "Dichterliebe" cycle with pianist Jorg Demus; and the 4 Ruckert lieder with Karl Bohm/Berlin Philharmonic. Fischer-Dieskau is amazing, with such a wide repertory, and such enthusiasm for singing such varied and different styles of music.

The bonus DVD, lasting about 28 minutes, is very interesting to watch and listen to. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and pianist Sviatoslav Richter peform 8 famous Schubert lieder in the great room of a hotel in a remote Bavarian village, in utterly charming and rather informal surroundings. The camera work is minimal, the sound, very fine but a little low level mono: filmed in 1978. Fischer-Dieskau looks alot younger here than more recent photos of him, but a little older and more classy than the photos I'm used to seeing of him, which date from the late 1960s. Fischer-Dieskau and Richter work as one, and their partnership and great working relationship is evident from measure 1. There is no doubt watching this that they had alot of fun performing for the cameras.

I am grateful DG released this set: 2 very full discs at over 70 minutes of music each, + the DVD of a telecast not seen since 1978. The sound is very good, even in the mono tracks, and if you like lieder and opera excerpts, you will be delighted. I mention this as one who's experienced Fischer-Dieskau's recordings for 25 years, and been usually delighted by them.

Average customer rating: Which of Bernstein's two Mahler cycles is better? Not an essential set Get the DVDs instead! A conductor serving himself more than the music Get the Sony set instead

Mahler: The Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Songs / Bernstein Gustav Mahler , Leonard Bernstein , Barbara Hendricks , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Wiener Philharmoniker , Christa Ludwig , Philip [1] Smith , Joseph Alessi , Helmut Wittek , Jaap Van Zweden , Lucia Popp , Andreas Schmidt , Agnes Baltsa , Judith Blegen , José Van Dam , Hermann Prey , Thomas Hampson , James King , and Glenn Dicterow Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ludwig, Christa | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Price, Leontyne | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Box Sets | Stores | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies Mahler - The Complete Symphonies / LPO, Tennstedt Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.8 - Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan Debussy, Ravel: Orchestral Works Liszt: Piano Works ASIN: B00000DI2T Release Date: 1998-11-10

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This 16-disc set contains what is without a doubt the most distinguished collection of Mahler performances ever to have been assembled in one place. DG has sensibly collected all of Bernstein's Mahler for Polygram labels, including the London "Das Lied von der Erde," and all of the orchestral song cycles: "Song of a Wayfarer," "Kindertotenlieder," "Rückert-Lieder," and "Des Knaben Wunderhorn." All of these recordings have been issued separately to general critical acclaim, and despite a veritable warehouse of new Mahler discs in the '90s, Bernstein's versions by and large still reign supreme. For this, his second complete symphony cycle, Bernstein chose three great orchestras and programmed with each one the most suitable symphonies. The New York Philharmonic, probably the greatest Mahler orchestra in the world, gets Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, and 7. The Vienna Philharmonic plays Nos. 5, 6, 10, and 8 (a live recording from the Salzburg Festival that replaces what would have been a New York Eighth had Bernstein not died). Finally, Europe's great Mahler orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, gets Nos. 1, 4, and 9. At mid-price, this is Mahler deluxe, an essential set for anyone interested in the composer, and a terrific gift idea if you're looking to make a convert or two. --David Hurwitz

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Which of Bernstein's two Mahler cycles is better?.......2006-06-27

Most buyers aren't in the market for a complete Mahler cycle from one conductor, but if they were, the two from Bernstein contain many great performances. I've reviewed the contents of the Sixties cycle on Sony and this later one from the Eighties (contianing many live performances) on DG, taking them one symphony at a time. But it's worthwhile to give a sense of the strongest and weakest parts of each set.

Cycle #1:

By general consensus the performance of Sym. #3 is one of the glories of this cycle and perhaps the most inspired Mahler condcuting Bernstein did on disc. It has all the freshness of discovery--LB was new to Mahler in 1961. Sony's 20-bit remastering makes the original analog sound quite good--in fact, there's no need to comment on the sound quality of these NY Phil. recordings, none of which are bad. Expect the deep sound stage and wide stereo separation that Columbia Records favored at the time.

Bernstein also put his stamp on Sym. #7 in such a way that no one would ever hear it the same again. 'The Song of the Night,' as this work was dubbed, had almost no life either on disc or the concert stage (Mahler champions as prominent as Bruno Wlater never performed it). Not only did LB prove that this was coherent music, he made an unforgettable drama out of the Seventh. This is his signature recording of the work.

Two other great performances stand out: Sym. #2 and #4, each rendered with amazing imagination and a huge range of emotions. The accusation that LB went over the top in the Second is unjustified--he is often tender and delicate--but there's no doubt that he takes an apocalyptic view of the finale. Whatever you think about his approach, he single-handedly revolutionized the way that the Resurrection Sym. was played. In Sym. #4 the classic recording was by Bruno Walter, but LB added more depth, imaginaiton, and excitement. Lyric soprano Reri Grist has come in for a good deal of criticism in the vocal finale, but I think she fits beautifully into LB's overall conception.

In the middle of the pack, as it were, we get LB's readings of Sym. #1 and #9. He went on to conduct greater readings of both works, especially the Ninth. In person LB's First was a real showpiece, but somehow Sony's sonics are not up to the conductor's vision. In the cse of the Ninth, the NY version would qualify as an outstanding performance if there weren't so many truly great ones from Karajan, Bruno Walter, James Levine, and Barbirolli, among others. Bernstein himself would add two of the greatest, both on DG.

I find a few problems wiht Sym. #5, #6, and #8 in the first cycle. For many critics all three are great recordings. For some reason, I have never warmed up to either of LB's versions of Sym. #5, where for once he does manipulate and exaggerate to the point that the spirit of the work seems lost in histrionics. Sym. #6 is too brisk in the first movement to let the music expand to its visionary potential, and in the other movements Bernstein seems less expressive than he could be. The Eighth is unmathced in the excitement and joyousness of Part 1, and for some listeners the whole symphony remains on that exalted level. I find that LB is too studied in Part 2, and my attention wasn't held. He does elicit very beautiful singing and playing, however. It should be noted that this performance is with the London Sym. and a host of fine English singers.

To the end of his life Bernstein resisted Deryck Cooke's completion of the Tenth Sym., agreeing to conduct only the shattering Adagio. which Mahler had essentially finished in full score. Bernstein's reading with the NY Phil. is one of the most searing accounts this magnificent fragment has ever received, equaled by his later live reading with the incomparable Vienna Phil.

Cycle #2:

It should be said right off that DG's digital sonics are in a different league from what LB got in New York. Even though several venues were involved (Vienna, Amsterdam, New York), and many recordings were under live concert conditions, the DG engineers triumphed. They favor closer mike posiitons, solo highlighting, and a vivid sound stage compared to their predecessors in New York. As to the interprettions, with a few exceptions--the most prominent being Sym. #6--Bernstein did not drastically change his views from the first cycle, and in some cases the readings feel almost identical (Sym. #2 and #7, for example).

The most interest centers on the works where LB clearly outdoes his younger self. At the top of the list I would put Sym. #6 and #9. In the former he achieved one of the classic Mahler reacordings of the modern era. His Sixth has slowed down by 2 min. in the first movement, giving the music room to expand properly. The Andante is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. The finale is an explosion of genius on Mahler's part that LB resonates with perfectly. Almost the same can be said of the Ninth, where the conducting reaches deeply moving areas of expression. The finale is drastically slow (as is Levine's, to similar devastating effect), which some critics find excessive. But it's a truism that no tempo is right or wrong; everything depends upon being drawn into the world of the music. LB achieved a great Ninth but would surpass himself with a live performance from Berlin in 1979, also on DG.

Almost as great is Sym. #1, which on DG receives a flawless performance packed with excitement. I'm not sure that LB's reading actually changed, but the superlative sonics and the spine-tingling playing of the Concertgebiuw weren't matched in New York.

The next thing to ask is where Bernstein fell short of his earlier versions. The Sym. #2, #3, and #4 from New York were one of a kind, representing LB's early and most exciting explorations of Mahler's world. Their counterparts on DG are also strong, but I don't think they rise to the heights he achieved earlier. The only sharp criticism I have is with the use of a boy soprano in the finale of the Fourth; musical as he is, a boy is too undeveloped to capture what Mahler intended. It should be said, however, that if the earlier NY versions didn't exist, these would be outstanding performances.

I feel much the same about Sym. #7, where LB's first recording set a standard that only two or three rivals have come close to, but his DG remake, which was a return to the NY Phil. in oncert from Lincoln Center(as are Sym. #2 and #3), feels fractionally less overwhelming. It's in better sound, however. The one symphony I can't compare is the Fifth, which doesn't satisfy me in either cycle. The DG version with the Vienna Phil. convinces many listeners, and some critics call in unsurpassable, but I am not on its wavelength.

That leaves Sym. #8, which Bernstein didn't live to record for commercial release. DG reached into its vaults for a live 1975 radio tape from Vienna, and although it has flaws in execution, including some rough singing in Part 2, LB's conducting is superlative, more ocmpelling than his version from London. Paired with this symphony is a 1974 reading of the Adagio from Sym. #10, also with the Vienna Phil. As you'd expect, it's an inspired, searing reading, just like the NY version.

How ot sum up? If money were no object, I'd own both cycles for the pleasure of Bernstein's unqiue inspiration. If I had to pick and choose, I'd take Sym. #2, #3, and #4 from New York, Sym. #8 from London, and the rest form the DG cycle.

Not an essential set.......2004-10-25

Leonard Bernstein was indeed a great exponent of Mahler's music, especially during the sixties. But, I am sad to say, he was not always its best interpreter. Bernstein's presentations of Mahler are often big and bold - or, in other words, overloaded - and occasionally he even adds instrumental effects just to make the music to sound even more swollen (consider, for example, the addition of a bass drum stroke in the ultimate chord of symphony no. 1). Passages that require sophistication are often underlined with broad, syrup-sentimental strokes. This is especially the case with these late Mahler recordings, which Bernstein made for DG.

In some people's taste, this is just wonderful. They want showpieces and nothing else. But other people might have other intuitions regarding Mahler's music. For example, they want orchestral balance and not too deliberate takes.

Now this DG set is incredibly expensive - $191! My advice, if you want a set with Bernstein's Mahler, is to look for the set with his earlier recordings for CBS/SONY. You get it for a third of the price ($ 63), and the interpretations are usually far better in all respects (with the exception of No. 5).

But if you just want the best box with the complete symphonies of Gustav Mahler, I would recommend Rafael Kubelik's set (DG collectors series) as the first choice. Kubelik's interpretations are far more balanced and presented without mannerism, and, overall, his set is more consistent than any of Bernstein's. For reference, you could then add the selected gems of Bernstein's early Mahler recordings: Nos. 2, 3, 7, 8, and 9.

Thus I give two stars for this DG set, three stars for the earlier CBS/SONY set, and four stars for Kubelik's set.

Get the DVDs instead!.......2003-07-10

Although I am a fan of Bernstein's Mahler, I would not recommend this set, especially at its price point. Why do I say this? First, during the last few years of his career (and also, his life), the period in which these recordings were made and where he became increasingly beset by health problems, is riddled by performances in which Bernstein's ability to take great romantic pieces, in this case, the Mahler symphonies, to their emotional and dramatic extremes has degenerated into a heavy handed, enervating self indulgence, marked by dragging tempos and mannered, pompous distentions of phrasing. Secondly, because for the price of two hundred dollars for the set and on DVD (or twenty nine dollars per disc if purchased separately), there are available from the Leonard Bernstein zShop at the amazon.com site live accounts from the early and middle 1970s by Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (with the exception of the second symphony being with the London Symphony) of all of the symphonies (but not any of the song cycles). Those performances retain the energy, vigor and intensity of his groundbreaking 1960s cycle, but with added nuance and depth of expression, together with more beautiful and sensitive orchestral playing, and also, a warmer, more full bodied sound (all are in stereo) than one gets from the often dry sounding 1960s studio recordings. Two hundred is expensive, granted, but it is not that much more than the Mahler symphony sets at full price, and, moreover, you get to see as well as hear Bernstein conduct, which is a treat in itself (the videos are in quite decent color). Unfortunately, these recordings have not been issued domestically. The only drawback is that the notes for these recordings, which are imports from Japan, are only in Japanese. Nevertheless, I would strongly recommend that set, for the performances contained therein represent Bernstein at his apogee in this music.

A conductor serving himself more than the music.......2002-07-31

Ten years ago, I would not have evaluated this set in the same way. At that time, I thought Bernstein's Mahler and Mahler's Mahler were one and the same. Now my perception is that while Lenny did Mahler a great service in the '60s with his pioneering complete set on CBS (now Sony), in the '80s Bernstein smothered the music with his own apparent agenda. Put another way: If Bernstein in the '60s was "selling" Mahler to a skeptical audience, in the '80s he seemed to be selling his own interpretive stamp as the ONLY way to play this composer's music, overshadowing the less interventionist viewpoints of any rival conductors. It takes an outsized musical personality to eradicate most of what is recognizably Mahlerian in these scores and turn the composer into a hybrid--Mahlerbernstein or even Bernsteinmahler--but Bernstein was just the man for the job.

Compared to the more consistent (if in some ways outmoded) CBS series, the DG cycle is uneven in its successes, if quite uniform in its overall approach (less nervous energy, more world-weariness--even in the "young man's music" that is Mahler's First Symphony--and more spotlighting and underlining of details). The Sixth and (especially) Seventh Symphonies as presented here are among the most convincing available, while the First and Third Symphonies are also recommendable, even if both are marred by tempo and phrasing exaggerations and inflated sonorities. (The finale of the Third may be the slowest on disc, running for 28 minutes--not 25:01 as indicated on the original CD release and accepted without question by critics ever since.) As for the remainder, it's a very mixed bag, despite the (very high) level of commitment Bernstein gets from his orchestras. This performance of the "Resurrection" Symphony reminds me of William Shatner doing one of his indescribable spoken-word records, while the Fifth and Ninth Symphonies take an enervated, depressed, mannered view of these scores, forgetting all about such niceties as momentum. Yes, there is "intensity" here, but it's forced. Tempi, dynamics, expressive markings are either exaggerated and distorted, or else Bernstein blots them out and substitutes his own. The Fourth Symphony here never quite comes together as Bernstein's underrated 1960 version did, and it's worth noting that the Eighth (a 1975 concert from the archives that was pressed into service when Bernstein's death in 1990 prevented DG from completing the series with a newly-minted Eighth) sounds more tired as it goes, and from the outset there are patches where everybody goes off-key.

The song cycles are also uneven. Thomas Hampson's contributions are fine, but the overblown set of "Wunderhorn" songs completely misses the rusticity and innocence inherent in even the most sardonic songs. (Soloists Andreas Schmidt and the late Lucia Popp have much better work in Mahler than this to their credit.) For "Das Lied von der Erde," DG borrows the 1966 Decca recording (also issued separately on that label) in which Bernstein took the less-common option of two male voices. Unfortunately, one of those voices is Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau at his most histrionic (although his murmurs of "ewig" in the closing bars of "Der Abschied" are as spellbinding as the deathly hush Bernstein casts over the orchestra). However, the overall "sound-world" of this "Das Lied" is closer to Bernstein's CBS set, and unintentionally makes much of the latter-day cycle sound bloated by comparison.

In and of themselves, these recordings are distinguished, and never, ever dull. Even at their most wrong-headed they make an undeniable impression that you're in the presence of a high-powered musical entity. But what is on display here is rarely the music of Mahler as he composed it.

Get the Sony set instead.......2001-07-31

I like Bernstein's Mahler very much, but find the freshness of the original Sony set much more palatable. Other than a few places in #5, the ensemble is fantastic (...the NY Phil of that time was a phenomenon of an orchestra and that Sony set reflects that). If there were no Sony set, this would probably be a 4 or 5 star set, because it does boast many first rate performances, including a 1 and 5 that are superior to the Sony set. But the Sony set offers better performances (to a greater or lesser degree) for the rest, including what perhap the finest 3 and 7 anywhere. The sound on the Sony set is fine throughout, not modern sound but very clear and lifelike (and better than the New York recordings in the DG set - 2, 3, and 7).

So buy the Sony set, #5 from this set, and the newly remastered Das Lied with Fischer-Dieskau and Bernstein on Decca, and you will have all the best of Lenny's Bernstein... rather than spending considerably more for less with this set.

Average customer rating: One of the Ten Best Classical recordings

Mahler: Rückert Lieder; Das Lied von der Erde Manufacturer: Dutton Laboratories ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000005CZX Release Date: 1997-12-09

Tracks:

1. Das Lied Von Der Erde: The Drinking Song Of Earth's Misery
2. Das Lied Von Der Erde: The Lonely One In Autumn
3. Das Lied Von Der Erde: Of Youth
4. Das Lied Von Der Erde: Of Beauty
5. Das Lied Von Der Erde: The Drunkard In Spring
6. Das Lied Von Der Erde: The Farewell
7. Ruckert Lieder: Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen - Kerstin Thorborg
8. Ruckert Lieder: Ich Atmet' Einen Linden Duft - CHARLES KULLMAN
9. Adagietto (Sym No.5) - Vienna PO/Bruno Walter

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One of the Ten Best Classical recordings.......2000-12-07

.... I write here of Walter's 1936 performance of "Das Lied von der Erde," one of the most important recordings ever made. In the first place, we have Bruno Walter, who, for all his strained relations with Mahler, certainly had the primary claim to authority in the interpretation of the scores; in the second place, we have the remarkable Vienna Philharmonic, only two years prior to the Nazis' ethnic cleansing of its ranks. Some of the musicians had played under Mahler himself, and all of them knew Walter intimately as a conductor. Finally, we have the soloists, the Swede Kerstin Thorborg and the American Charles Kullman, who dominated in this repertory in the 1930s. (They both sang in a performance [1944] under Rodzinski in New York, fortuitously recorded; and Thorborg sang in a performance [1939] under Schuricht in Amsterdam, also fortuitously recorded.) It's a song-symphony, so let's take it song by song. "DAS TRINKLIED VON DER JAMMER DER ERDE" - Thrilling, precise horn-fanfares backed up by the richness of the strings underpin Kullman's powerful and unstrained execution of the tenor part; the warm, woody acoustic of Vienna's Musikvereinsaal contributes to the burnished beauty of this opening movement. "DER EINSAME IM HERBST" - Walter brings out the chamber-music quality of Mahler's scoring, and applies portamento liberally in his conduct of the strings; Thorborg, like Kullman, never strains her voice, but encompasses the difficulties with velvet ease. "VON DER JUGEND" - Walter pushes the "faux-chinois" character to the very limit of kitsch (note the violin solo a minute or so in) without overstepping the boundaries of taste: Kullman's diction means that one can hear the words clearly, and the clarity results in a wonderful fusion of the musical and lexical dimensions. "VON DER SCHÖNHEIT" - If we grasp "Das Lied" as consisting of two panels, the first five songs together balanced by "Der Abschied," then this song contains the climax of the first half of the work: Walter knows this and builds very carefully to the raucously beautiful and deliberately naive orchestral outburst after the soprano's description of the capering young horse, in which, among other things, Mahler manages to quote Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture." "DER TRUNKENE IM FRÜHLING" - The fifth song functions both to bring the first half of "Das Lied" to an end and to prepare the way for the second half. The interpretive trick is to shade the giddyness of the opening, through sentimentality, into the forced exultation, which is actually despair, of the close, which Walter does, aided by Kullman's ability to swing between these moods by changing the quality of his delivery. "DER ABSCHIED" - Modern performances of Mahler's "Farewell" can stretch it out to a half an hour or more; Walter keeps it to about twenty-seven minutes. The relatively swift pace keeps the musical structure tight and establishes the unity of the episodes. Not only in terms of repertory, personnel, and occasion is this a great recording, but also in terms of its natural and detailed sound. Fred Gaisberg, the engineer succeeded in creating a natural ambiance with great detail, something especially important in the "Farewell," with its pronounced chamber-music-like textures. Few modern "Songs of the Earth" measure up to Walter's mark; not even Walter's two studio-remakes quite reproduce the spontaneous excellence of the first effort. In my humble opinion, no other pair of singers has ever bested Thorborg and Kullman. Bernard Haitink's first recording for Philips, from the early 1970s is closest in spirit to Walter's 1938 "take," partly due to the contributions of Janet Baker and James King. Charles Dutton's transfer on his label (Dutton Laboratories) eliminates the surface noise and tweaks the sound a bit. I confess to liking Dutton's reconstruction of the original sources a bit more than Mark Obert-Thorn's on Pearl, which is less filtered and so more "true" to the originals, but to which the surface-noise contributes nothing positive. Dutton fills out the CD with Walter's "Adagietto" from Symphony No. 5 (also 1938) and two of the Rückert Songs. Recommended in whatever form you can find it.

Track Listings:

1. Markevitch: Complete Orchestra Music, Vol.1
2. Mendelssohn: Quartet No.2 In A Major/Grieg: Quartet In G Minor, Op.27
3. Michael Nyman, Edition No. 1: Concertos
4. Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 10 & 12
5. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K.622
6. Mozart: Mass No16; Haydn: Mass No10
7. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major (KV 451) & Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (KV 466)
8. Mozart: Symphonies No. 35 "Haffner"/No. 36 "Linz"
9. Music for Like Instruments;the Flutes
10. Nature's Symphonies: Midnight Storm

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Red Letter Day Pt. 1

Zweignung

World of Nat King Cole [Import]

Music: Carry Faith

You Are Here

Your Woman [Import]

You're All I Need [CD-single]

World of the Military Band [Import]

Wizard's Convention, Vol. 2

What a Way to Feel Good [Import]

With Teeth [Explicit Lyrics]

Wrong [Limited Edition] [Special Edition]

World of Standardtanze, Vol. 3 [Import]

Benjamin Frankel: Symphonies 7 & 8

Chill Out