Notable recordings in which an optional baritone replaces the mezzo soprano soloist in this work are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's performances with Paul Kletzki and Leonard Bernstein.
Notable recordings in which an optional baritone replaces the mezzo soprano soloist in this work are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's performances with Paul Kletzki and Leonard Bernstein. Including such movements as "The Drunkard in Springtime" and "Loneliness in Autumn," its composer described it to Bruno Walter in 1908 as his most personal work yet. Written after the composer was diagnosed with a heart ailment and his eldest daughter died, its six sections are set to seven poems from The Chinese Flute, a collection of Chinese lyrics translated into German by Hans Bethge. FTP, name this song cycle for tenor and mezzo soprano that was originally intended to be the 9th symphony of Gustav Mahler.
Notable recordings in which an optional baritone replaces the mezzo soprano soloist in this work are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's performances with Paul Kletzki and Leonard Bernstein.
Das {Lied von der Erde}or The {Song of the Earth}