IDAGIO | Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde - Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque 886443749764

Featuring

David Zinman
Susan Graham
Christian Elsner
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Gustav Mahler
Ferruccio Busoni

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Notable Performances

The premiere of Busoni's "Berceuse élégiaque" was conducted by Gustav Mahler in 1911, which was to be Mahler's last performance as a conductor.

Compositional Technique

Mahler used seven 8th-century Chinese poems from Hans Bethge's collection "Die chinesische Flöte" (The Chinese Flute) for the text of "Das Lied von der Erde," freely adapting them to his musical vision.

Compositional Technique

Busoni's "Berceuse élégiaque" features often bitonal harmonies that tend towards atonality, a harmonic boldness he never again ventured so far into.

Composer Biography

Gustav Mahler composed "Das Lied von der Erde" during a period of severe personal crisis, following his resignation from the Vienna Court Opera, the death of his daughter, and a diagnosis of a heart condition.

Performer Biography

David Zinman, the chief conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, has been honored with numerous awards, including the 'Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres' from the French Ministry of Culture.

Composition History

Mahler described "Das Lied von der Erde" as his most personal work to his friend, conductor Bruno Walter, who later led its premiere.

Composition History

Ferruccio Busoni's "Berceuse élégiaque" was sketched in a few days in London after the death of his mother in October 1909, an event he called "the most harrowing event" of his life.