Composer: Gustav Mahler
Performer: Robert Dean Smith, Sarah Connolly
Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Release: 2020
Size: 0.98 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Das Lied von der Erde
01. I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (Live)
02. II. Der Einsame im Herbst (Live)
03. III. Von der Jugend (Live)
04. IV. Von der Schönheit (Live)
05. V. Der Trunkene im Frühling (Live)
06. VI. Der Abschied (Live)
Residing somewhere between symphony and song cycle, ‘Das Lied’ is one of Mahler’s most profound and loved works, marking an important step in the composer’s career, as well as in his private life. Jurowski approaches the piece as Mahler’s deliberate move from a ‘heroic’ Beethovenian model towards a more ‘lyrical’, Schubertian attitude. Throughout ‘Das Lied’, and particularly in the contemplative last movement, ‘Der Abschied’ (‘The Goodbye’), Mahler seems to come to terms with the mortality of man while celebrating the immortal nature of life.
About the Artist
The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin has a vast PENTATONE discography.Together with their chief conductor and artistic director Vladimir Jurowski, they have recorded symphonic works from Mahler and Strauss (2017), violin concertos by Britten and Hindemith together with Arabella Steinbacher (2017), and Schnittke’s Third Symphony (2015). Robert Dean Smith featured on PENTATONE recordings of Tannhäuser (title role, 2013), Die Walküre (Siegmund, 2013), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Stolzing, 2011), and Der Fliegende Holländer (Erik, 2011). Dame Sarah Connolly makes her PENTATONE debut.