Mahler: Symphony No4; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Nos1-4
On this CD:
1. Symphony No. 4 in G major
Composed by Gustav Mahler
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Joan Carlyle
Conducted by Benjamin Britten
2. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, cycle of 4 songs for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Gustav Mahler
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra
with Anna Reynolds
Conducted by Benjamin Britten
3. Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 12 songs for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Gustav Mahler
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra
with Elly Ameling
Conducted by Benjamin Britten
Editorial Reviews
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Mahler's sunniest, most outwardly lyrical symphony was a long-time favorite of Benjamin Britten, whose own orchestral works share Mahler's propensity for deploying large forces with chamber-like restraint. Britten's brisk and steady pacing provides a foundation from which genial inflections of phrase and volatile dynamic pointings come off with both spontaneity and shape. Soprano Joan Carlyle is on her conductor's wavelength, notwithstanding a slight mistake on her last entrance, from which she quickly rebounds. The couplings are, if anything, more persuasive interpretively and better recorded. Some listeners might prefer a lighter voice than Anne Reynolds's operatic way with the Wayfarer songs, but Elly Ameling's radiant pair from The Youth's Magic Horn provides a memorable cap to a fascinating portrait of Britten in music he otherwise didn't record. The excellent booklet notes supply invaluable context for these important performances. --Jed Distler
Mahler: Symphony No4; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Nos1-4, Music, Gustav Mahler, Lord Benjamin Britten, Anna Reynolds, English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Elly Ameling, Joan Carlyle, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Classical Vocals, Romantic Symphony, Song Collection for Solo Voice with Piano or Orchestra, Song Cycle for Solo Voice with Piano or Orchestra, Symphonic, Vocal
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