Composer: Gustav Mahler
Performer: Stuart Skelton, Magdalena Kožená
Orchestra: Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Catalogue: 900172
Release: 2018
Size: 622 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Das Lied von der Erde (Live)
01. I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
02. II. Der Einsame im Herbst
03. III. Von der Jugend
04. IV. Von der Schönheit
05. V. Der Trunkene im Frühling
06. VI. Der Abschied
Conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, this performance of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) was recorded at concerts in Munich’s Herkulessaal on January 25 and 26, 2018, and features Magdalena Kožená and Stuart Skelton. The work is subtitled ‘A symphony for tenor, alto (or baritone) voice and orchestra’. It examines the border between two different genres: the Lied, in its extended form as a song cycle, and the symphony. The entire work is spanned by a taut arc, culminating – in accordance with the principle of intensification – in a huge final movement lasting as long as all the others together, and entitled Der Abschied (The Farewell). Here, Mahler is continuing the genre of the ‘Finale Symphony’, and the brightening of C minor to C major is even reminiscent of his usual apotheoses. In this symphony, as in his others, Mahler wanted to ‘create a world using all existing technical means’.