Conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, this performance of Mahler's Das Lied von
der Erde (The Song of the Earth) was recorded at concerts in Munich's
Herkulessaal on January 25 and 26, 2018, and features Magdalena Kožená
and Stuart Skelton. The work is subtitled 'A symphony for tenor, alto
(or baritone) voice and orchestra'. It examines the border between two
different genres: the Lied, in its extended form as a song cycle, and
the symphony. The entire work is spanned by a taut arc, culminating – in
accordance with the principle of intensification – in a huge final
movement lasting as long as all the others together, and entitled Der
Abschied (The Farewell). Here, Mahler is continuing the genre of the
'Finale Symphony', and the brightening of C minor to C major is even
reminiscent of his usual apotheoses. In this symphony, as in his others,
Mahler wanted to 'create a world using all existing technical means'.
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