Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live)

Featuring

Carlos Kleiber
Waldemar Kmentt
Christa Ludwig
Wiener Symphoniker
Gustav Mahler

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Performer Biography

This recording captures Carlos Kleiber's only encounter with Gustav Mahler's music; he had never conducted Mahler before and never would again.

Compositional Technique

Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" combines the traditional categories of symphony and song more deeply than previous symphonies with vocal parts.

Compositional Technique

The opening song, "Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde," integrates song elements and symphonic composition by adapting its four-verse structure into a sonata form.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The overarching principle of Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" was to create a world concerned with 'last things', moving away from the monumentality of his Symphony No. 8.

Recording & Production

The acoustics of the Vienna Konzerthaus's Großer Saal were adjusted in the remastering process using a Bricasti reverb processor to suit contemporary listening habits.

Recording & Production

The remastering process for this historical live recording involved repairing dropouts with spectral analysis and manually boosting soft passages, as the soprano was often 10 decibels too soft.