This recording of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde was made live at Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts in Houston, Texas, from November 19th to 22nd, 2009.
Composition History
Mahler regarded Das Lied von der Erde and his last two symphonies as his farewell to the world, influenced by the superstition that a ninth symphony could be a composer's last.
Composer Biography
Gustav Mahler, the composer, saw himself as "three times homeless": a native of Bohemia in Austria, an Austrian among Germans, and a Jew throughout the whole world.
Composition History
The texts for Das Lied von der Erde are settings of six poems from Hans Bethge's collection Die chinesische Flöte, which were German versions of French translations of Chinese or supposedly Chinese poems.
Composition History
Das Lied von der Erde was not performed until after Mahler's death, with Bruno Walter conducting its premiere in Munich on November 20, 1911.
Composition History
Mahler composed Das Lied von der Erde, a 'symphony for two vocal soloists and orchestra,' after a series of personal tragedies in 1907, including the death of his elder daughter and his own diagnosis of a severe heart condition.
Performer Biography
Hans Graf, the conductor of this recording, is the fifteenth and one of the longest-serving music directors of the Houston Symphony.
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