Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

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The ingeniousness and effectiveness of the arrangement certainly come across in the playing of the Schoenberg Chamber Orchestra under the expert, swift direction of Petr Altricher in this new... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…

Release Date: 16th Mar 2018
Catalogue No: SU42422
Label: Supraphon
Length: 57 minutes

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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Work length57:46

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Dagmar Peckova (vocalist), Richard Samek (vocalist)
Schoenberg Chamber Orchestra
Petr Altrichter

No. 1, Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde

Track length8:07

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No. 2, Der Einsame im Herbst

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No. 3, Von der Jugend

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No. 4, Von der Schönheit

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No. 5, Der Trunkene im Frühling

Track length4:21

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No. 6, Der Abschied

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In contrast to Symphony No. 8, also known as the “Symphony of a Thousand”, another of Gustav Mahler’s vocal-instrumental pieces, Das Lied von der Erde, speaks in a highly intimate language, full of tenderness and deep sorrow, mirroring the very essence of the artist’s soul towards the end of his days. The grief, reflecting the painful events in the composer’s life and expressed in a variety of shades in all the six songs, seems to dissolve at the end of the work in the repeated, atoned “forever” , a word opening up the infinite space following the life on earth. The internationally renowned Czech mezzo-soprano Dagmar Pecková has always cherished Mahler’s music, as evinced by the highly acclaimed recordings she has made with Jiří Bělohlávek, conducting the Prague Philharmonia. Her partners on the CD is the tenor Richard Samek, whose voice is known to audiences at Europe’s prominent opera houses, and a chamber ensemble, instead of a large Romantic orchestra, for which Mahler scored the piece. In order to emphasise the work’s intimacy, Pecková opted for Schoenberg’s chamber arrangement of Das Lied von der Erde. The recording has made the soloist’s dream come true, and thus added the final piece in the mosaic of her feted Mahler discography.

Das Lied von der Erde – the final piece in the mosaic of Dagmar Pecková’s Mahler discography.

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June 2018

The ingeniousness and effectiveness of the arrangement certainly come across in the playing of the Schoenberg Chamber Orchestra under the expert, swift direction of Petr Altricher in this new recording. First violin Jakub Fišer leads from the front with solo work that is full of wit and tenderness…Unfortunately it’s more difficult to be enthusiastic about the singing.

There’s a bright immediacy to everything about this new version from Prague, conducted very capably by Petr Altrichter...The recording seems to have been built around the mezzo , who is certainly compelling, her rather insistent vibrato notwithstanding.

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