MAHLER: DAS LIED VON DER ERDE; 3 RUCKERT LIEDER - FERRIER, WALTER, VIENNA PHILHARMONIC

Kathleen Ferrier Sings Mahler

Das Lied von der Erde / Rückert-Lieder

Kathleen Ferrier / Julius Patzak / Bruno Walter / Vienna Philharmonic

“A finer performance than this would not be a song of earth”, wrote the Record Guide (Collins, 1955) of this legendary performance which was recorded in Vienna in May 1952. … And beyond this there is Ferrier, an artist born to sing this music and singing it here at a time so close to her own death as to make this a real, truly harrowing song of farewell.”
– Gramophone

“Ferrier’s recording of three of the Rückert Lieder, heartfelt and monumental…magnetically intense.”
– Penguin Guide

Gustav Mahler

3 Rückert-Lieder

1 Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen 5:33
2 Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft 2:49
3 Um Mitternacht 6:26

Das Lied von der Erde

4 Das Trinkleid vom Jammer der Erde 8:35
5 Der Einsame im Herbst 9:14
6 Von der Jugend 3:03
7 Von der Schönheit 6:44
8 Der Trunkene im Frühling 4:26
9 Der Abschied 28:01

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Julius Patzak, tenor
Vienna Philharmonic
Bruno Walter