Das Lied Von Der Erde

Album by Gustav Mahler & Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra & Eliahu Inbal

Das Lied von der Erde is a symphonic song cycle by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1909. Combining large-scale orchestral writing with solo vocal passages and settings of Chinese-derived poetry, it uses late-Romantic harmonic language and shifting textures to explore themes of mortality and farewell, and it occupies a pivotal late-period position in Mahler's output between his symphonies and his more intimate song works.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Das Lied von der Erde: I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
    8:20
  2. 2.
    Das Lied von der Erde: II. Der Einsame im Herbst
    9:24
  3. 3.
    Das Lied von der Erde: III. Von der Jugend
    2:58
  4. 4.
    Das Lied von der Erde: IV. Von der Schönheit
    6:51
  5. 5.
    Das Lied von der Erde: V. Der Trunkene im Frühling
    4:07
  6. 6.
    Das Lied von der Erde: V. Der Abschied
    26:40

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