Gustav Mahler - "Die himmlischen Freuden" from Symphony No. 4

Player-piano recording of the original play of Gustav Mahler!
Johanna Stinnez - soprano

In the beginning of the 20th century manufacturers of mechanical player-pianos invited popular musicians to be recorded playing on their instruments. For this reason it is today possible to listen to a recording of composers like Claude Debussy or Gustav Mahler, allthough no acoustic recording was available at that time.

Excerpt from the documentary "Welte-Mignon – The World of Mechanical Music": https://youtu.be/OmnGwquoRDc

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Lyrics:

Kein' Musik ist ja nicht auf Erden,
Die unsrer verglichen kann werden.
Elftausend Jungfrauen
Zu tanzen sich trauen.
Sankt Ursula selbst dazu lacht.
Kein' Musik ist ja nicht auf Erden,
Die unsrer verglichen kann werden.
Cäcilia mit ihren Verwandten
Sind treffliche Hofmusikanten!
Die englischen Stimmen
Ermuntern die Sinnen,
Daß alls für Freuden erwacht.

(English Translation below)

There is no music on earth
That can be compared to ours.
Eleven-thousand virgins
Dare to dance;
Even St. Ursula herself laughs at it.
There is no music on earth
That can be compared to ours.
Cecilia and her kin
Are the splendid Court musicians!
The angelic voices
Raise our senses,
So that everything awakens with joy.

Видео Gustav Mahler - "Die himmlischen Freuden" from Symphony No. 4 канала LOFTmusic