Christian Gerhaher – Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde – CD

From the booklet note: “This recording of Das Lied von der Erde does not represent a preliminary stage in Mahler’s compositional process but stands alongside it as its equal. The piano version of Das Lied von der Erde is more daring and at the same time more intimate, forcing the singers to sing in a different, more subtly nuanced, way than they would with an orchestra, while listeners are obliged to listen more intently and to prolong the abstract sound in their imaginations until it acquires the rhetorical colour that is implied by Mahler’s music.

Featuring tenor Piotr Beczala and pianist Gerold Huber.

1 Das Lied von der Erde / Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
2 Das Lied von der Erde / Der Einsame im Herbst
3 Das Lied von der Erde / Der Pavillon aus Porzellan
4 Das Lied von der Erde / Am Ufer
5 Das Lied von der Erde / Der Trinker im Frühling
6 Das Lied von der Erde / Der Abschied