Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" (Audio + Score)

pf: Vienna Philharmonic cond/ Leonard Bernstein
James King - movs. 1, 3, 5
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - movs. 2, 4, 6

Das Lied von der Erde ("The Song of the Earth") is a composition for two voices and orchestra by the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler between 1908 and 1909. Described as a symphony when published, it comprises six songs for two singers who take turns singing the songs. Mahler specified the two singers should be a tenor and an alto, or else a tenor and a baritone if an alto is not available. Mahler composed this work following the most painful period in his life, and the songs address themes such as those of living, parting and salvation. On the centenary of Mahler's birth, the composer, conductor, and known Mahler conductor Leonard Bernstein described Das Lied von der Erde as Mahler's "Greatest symphony".

The first public performance was given, posthumously, on 20 November 1911 in the Tonhalle in Munich, sung by Sara Cahier and William Miller (both Americans) with Bruno Walter conducting. Mahler had died six months earlier, on 18 May.

One of the earliest performances in London (possibly the first) occurred in January 1913 at the Queen's Hall under conductor Henry Wood, where it was sung by Gervase Elwes and Doris Woodall. Wood reportedly thought that the work was 'excessively modern but very beautiful'.

0:00 - 1. "Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde" ("The Drinking Song of Earth's Sorrow" or "The Drinking Song of Earthly Woe")

8:30 - 2. "Der Einsame im Herbst" ("The Solitary One in Autumn")

19:52 - 3. "Von der Jugend" ("Youth")

23:02 - 4. "Von der Schönheit" ("Beauty")

31:13 - 5. "Der Trunkene im Frühling" ("The Drunkard in Spring")

35:52 - 6. "Der Abschied" ("The Farewell")

LIBRETTO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Lied_von_der_Erde#Text_in_Das_Lied_von_der_Erde

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