| Management number | 254516379 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$10.75 | Model Number | 254516379 | ||
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In contrast to Symphony No. 8, also known as the "Symphony of a Thousand", another of Gustav Mahler's vocal-instrumental pieces, Das Lied von der Erde, speaks in a highly intimate language, full of tenderness and deep sorrow, mirroring the very essence of the artist's soul towards the end of his days. The grief, reflecting the painful events in the composer's life and expressed in a variety of shades in all the six songs, seems to dissolve at the end of the work in the repeated, atoned "forever", a word opening up the infinite space following the life on earth. The internationally renowned Czech mezzo-soprano Dagmar Peckova has always cherished Mahler's music, as evinced by the highly acclaimed recordings she has made with Jiri Belohlavek, conducting the Prague Philharmonia. Her partners on the album are the tenor Richard Samek, whose voice is known to audiences at Europe's prominent opera houses, and a chamber ensemble, instead of a large Romantic orchestra, for which Mahler scored the piece. In order to emphasise the work's intimacy, Peckova opted for Schoenberg's chamber arrangement of Das Lied von der Erde. The recording has made the soloist's dream come true, and thus added the final piece in the mosaic of her feted Mahler discography.
| Performer | Mahler |
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| Music genre | Classical |
| Media format | CD |
| Original release date | 2018 |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Track listing | Das Trinklied Vom Jammer Der Erde, Der Einsame Im Herbst, Von Der Jugend, Von Der Schönheit, Der Trunkene Im Frühling, Der Abschied |
| Record label | Supraphon |
| Composer | Gustav Mahler |
| Songwriter | Gustav Mahler |
| Track name | Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde, Der Einsame im Herbst, Von der Jugend, Von der Schönheit, Der Trunkene im Frühling, Der Abschied, I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde, II. Der Einsame im Herbst, III. Von der Jugend, IV. Von der Schönheit, V. Der Trunkene im Frühling, VI. Der Abschied, Die Einsame im Herbst |
| Digital audio file format | CD |
| Music media format | CD |
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