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Building a Library: Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.
Mahler orchestrated four of the songs he wrote to texts by the German poet Friedrich Ruckert, and a fifth was orchestrated after his death. The five songs conjure up a world of yearning, loss and melancholy. But these deep emotions are anything but depressing for the listener; Mahler’s music is like a balm to the soul and full of comfort, quiet resignation and even hope.
A selection of versions:-
Dame Janet Baker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Daniel Barenboim *
Elina Garanca, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber
Annette Gutjahr, Matthias Veit *
(Max Lembeck (baritone), Andreas Ruppert)
Siegfried Lorenz, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Günther Herbig
Christa Ludwig, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer *
Yvonne Minton, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez *
Malte Müller, Götz Payer *
Jenny Tourel, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein *
Violeta Urmana, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
* = download only
Building a Library: Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.
Mahler orchestrated four of the songs he wrote to texts by the German poet Friedrich Ruckert, and a fifth was orchestrated after his death. The five songs conjure up a world of yearning, loss and melancholy. But these deep emotions are anything but depressing for the listener; Mahler’s music is like a balm to the soul and full of comfort, quiet resignation and even hope.
A selection of versions:-
Dame Janet Baker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Daniel Barenboim *
Elina Garanca, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber
Annette Gutjahr, Matthias Veit *
(Max Lembeck (baritone), Andreas Ruppert)
Siegfried Lorenz, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Günther Herbig
Christa Ludwig, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer *
Yvonne Minton, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez *
Malte Müller, Götz Payer *
Jenny Tourel, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein *
Violeta Urmana, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
* = download only
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