Composer: Gustav Mahler
Performer: Sarah Connolly
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD259
Release: 2012
Size: 345 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Totenfeier
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
02. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
03. Ging heut’ morgen übers Feld
04. Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer
05. Die zwei blauen Augen
In this live recording from the Royal Festival Hall the OAE shines its musical torch into the realms of some later repertoire, shedding new light on the music of Mahler. Conducted by Principal Artist Vladimir Jurowski, this CD includes Mahler’s ‘Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen’ (Songs of a Wayfarer), written in the wake of an unhappy affair with a soprano, and the extraordinarily exciting and powerful ‘Totenfeier’, Mahler’s first foray into orchestral music, and later reworked into the opening movement of his second symphony.