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Gustav Mahler, Bruno Walter, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Das Lied Von Der Erde / Symphony 5
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Symphony No. 5 In C# Minor: Adagietto
2. Ruckert Lieder: 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen'
3. Das Lied von der Erde: I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
4. Das Lied von der Erde: II. Der Einsame im Herbst
5. Das Lied von der Erde: III. Von der Jungend
6. Das Lied von der Erde: IV. Von der Schonheit
7. Das Lied von der Erde: V. Der Trunkene im Fruhling
8. Das Lied von der Erde: VI. Der Abschied

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CD Details

All Artists: Gustav Mahler, Bruno Walter, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Kullmann, Kerstin Thorborg
Title: Das Lied Von Der Erde / Symphony 5
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Pearl
Release Date: 1/19/1993
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 727031941323

Synopsis

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This is the first and, for many, the best of Bruno Walter's three recordings of Mahler's masterpiece, which the conductor premiered in 1911, months after the composer's death. It was made at a 1938 Vienna Philharmonic concert, and the electricity of a live performance adds to the excitement. Walter's faster, more explosive than in his later recordings, and his singers bring a welcome theatricality to the proceedings. Charles Kullman, a young American tenor on the verge of stardom, sings with strength, ample vocal color, and sensitivity to the text; Kerstin Thorborg is a Swedish contralto whose haunting voice makes her contributions here unforgettable. The fillers are ideal, too. The Adagietto is given a flowing, lyric reading that doesn't wallow; the Ruckert song is heartwarming. --Dan Davis

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CD Reviews

Beautiful

Howard G Brown | Port St. Lucie, FL USA | 01/06/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is easily the most beautiful of Walter's recordings of Das Lied -- it may be the most beautiful recording, period. The quality of the sound is remarkably fine, thanks to Pearl, and the voices! I realize that Ferrier was a singer dear to Walter's heart. As a singer herself, my late wife adored Ferrier's artistry, but Kerstin Thorborg's voice simply floats and soars through these songs like some rare and exquisite bird, and Charles Kullman was a supurb tenor for this music. His performance was unmatched until Fritz Wunderlich's excellent recording with Klemperer.

The pre-war Vianna Philharmonic is balm to the ears, and the disc is programmed in the manner of a concert, beginning with the Adegietto, followed by the lovely Ruckert Lied, and concluding with Das Lied von der Erde.

This disc is a steal at the price offered, and a valuable document of a period in its eleventh hour and fifty-ninth minute: Vienna, 1936-1938."