Mahler: Songs With Orchestra - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Ruckert-Lieder, Des Knaben Wunderhorn available on November 07 2014 from Amazon for 24.98
UPC bar code 821936003626 ξ1 registered July 03 2012
UPC bar code 821936003626 ξ2 registered November 07 2014
Product category is Mahler-Songs-with-Orchestra Michael-Tilson-Thomas Audio
Manufacturered by San Francisco Sym
Product weight is 0.37 lbs.
Michael Tilson Thomas, Super Audio CD - SACD Hybrid,Sfs Media, Running Time: 01:04:47 ***Usually ships within 24 hours*** 20120622110041610
^Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) (2010). Mahler: Songs With Orchestra - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Ruckert-Lieder, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, San Francisco Sym. Amazon. UPC 821936003626 (revised Nov 2014)
I want to like Tilson-Thomas' Mahler; I really do. But this disc is conceptually flawed from the start. I say that because handing us only the male oriented, sometimes soldiering songs gives us a very flawed view of one of Mahler's very best creations: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. At the very least, it's his most underrated work. Why then, should MTT and the SFSO give us only half of it (more or less)? That said, Thomas Hampson turns in a truly heroic effort in barking out some of Mahler's darkest lyrics (the tex..
Michael Tilson Thomas and his San Francisco Symphony are in the forefront of the complete Mahler recordings with this collection, and while not everyone will agree with Tilson Thomas' interpretations of various works mighty Mahler, he does engage the majesty and depth of feeling the works all convey.On this recording SONGS WITH ORCHESTRA he has selected from live recordings from Davies Hall in San Francisco and the unity of the orchestral sound in the hall in which the orchestra calls its home is a plus. T..
Where to begin!? The entire Mahler project that Michael Tilson-Thomas began a few years ago has been distinguished by a relentless attention to detail, and an extraordinary depth of understanding balanced by a modulated passion we might associate with MTT's progenitor, Leonard Bernstein. From the start, this effort has been what I always wanted, but was afraid to ask for, in Lenny's heroic, but comparatively undisciplined approach. The recording of the Hampson/Bernstein/VPO Lieder eines fahrenden Geselle..
