Das Lied von der Erde

Album by Gustav Mahler & Ning Liang & Warren Mok & Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Lan Shui

Das Lied von der Erde is a symphonic song cycle by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, composed in 1908–1909 and first performed in 1911. Scored for large orchestra and two solo voices, it sets translations of ancient Chinese poems and combines late-Romantic orchestration, expansive melodic lines and bold harmonic language to explore themes of mortality and farewell, representing one of Mahler's final large-scale works and a transition toward the more introspective character of his late output.