Composer: Gustav Mahler, Xiaogang Ye
Performer: Michelle DeYoung, Brian Jagde, Shenyang, Liping Zhang
Orchestra: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Long Yu
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release: 2021
Size: 1.88 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
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. VIa. Der Abschied “Die Sonne scheidet hinter dem Gebirge”
07. VIb. Der Abschied. Mäßig
08. VIc. Der Abschied “Er stieg vom Pferd”
Ye: “The Song of the Earth” for Soprano, Baritone and Orchestra, Op. 47
09. I. Tale of Sorrowful Song
10. II. Banquet at Tao Family’s Pavilion
11. III. Imitation of Old Poem: Long Autumn Night
12. IV. Song of Pick Lotus
13. V. Feelings upon Awakening from Drunkenness on a Spring Day
14. VI. Staying at Teacher’s Mountain Retreat, Awaiting a Friend in Vain, Farewell
“Our countries have moved further apart. Most people are so immersed in their own life experience that they don’t even try to understand the culture of other societies … but by comparing these two works people can see the double picture – how Europeans feel about love, pleasure, and death, and how the Chinese feel about the same things.” Long Yu. Centuries-old Chinese poetry is brought vividly to life in a new recording from Long Yu and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Their second album for Deutsche Grammophon, The Song of the Earth, is set for international release on 13 August 2021. The world premiere recording of the contemporary The Song of the Earth by Ye Xiaogang is presented alongside Gustav Mahler’s classic symphony. Ye’s ambitious new work expresses the grandeur and beauty of the original Tang Dynasty poems that Mahler set in German translation, fusing a contemporary style with centuries’ worth of traditions from both east and west. Long Yu, who commissioned Ye’s work, conducts the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in this fascinating meeting of histories and cultures.