{"id":2927,"date":"2011-06-24T10:23:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T09:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2011-06-24T10:26:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T09:26:28","slug":"cd-review-birmingham-post-on-mahler-das-lied-von-der-erde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2011\/06\/24\/cd-review-birmingham-post-on-mahler-das-lied-von-der-erde\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Review- Birmingham Post on Mahler Das Lied von der Erde"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A new review of \u00a0our new Orchestra of the Swan Mahler disc in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birminghampost.net\/\">Birmingham Post<\/a> by senior critic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birminghampost.net\/search.cfm?cof=FORID%3A11&amp;q=christopher+morley&amp;cref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.birminghampost.net%2Fgoogle_coop.xml&amp;client=pub-6059318011805114&amp;sa=Search\">Christopher Morley<\/a>. The Post doesn&#8217;t have CD reviews on their website, so the complete review is below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/0109MahlerDasLied.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2448 alignnone\" title=\"0109MahlerDasLied\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/0109MahlerDasLied-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MAHLER:\u00a0LIEDER EINES FAHRENDEN GESELLEN, DAS LIED VON DER ERDE: Orchestra of the Swan\/Woods (SOMMCD 0109)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(for classical CD review 23.6.11)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A few evenings ago 2200 of us were pinned to our\u00a0Symphony Hall seats\u00a0by\u00a0Simon Rattle\u2019s interpretation with the CBSO of Mahler\u2019s\u00a0<em>Das Lied von der Erde<\/em>. This new SOMM release brings us an entirely different account of the dying composer\u2019s great song-symphony, namely in the reduced orchestration Schoenberg instigated for the charitable &#8220;Society for Private Musical Performance&#8221; in 1921.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>That this works is hugely due to the wise, probing shaping of conductor\u00a0Kenneth Woods, but even more so to the expert players, virtually soloists here, of the Orchestra of the Swan, recorded in live performance less than a year ago at the Townsend Hall, Shipston-on-Stour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Brennen Guillory brings a genuine\u00a0<em>Heldentenor<\/em> timbre to his bucolic songs, and\u00a0Emma Curtis\u00a0deploys an amazing range of colours in her introspective settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Baritone David Stout characterises the much earlier\u00a0<em>Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen<\/em> wonderfully, despite an opening which sounds languorous rather than world-worn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Christopher Morley<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prestoclassical.co.uk\/r\/Somm\/SOMM0109\">Click here to buy from Presto Classical<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Lieder-fahrenden-Gesellen-Chamber-Ensemble\/dp\/B00518BHQC\/\">Click here to buy from Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somm-recordings.com\/somm\/ifield.php?id=175\">Purchase here direct from Somm Recordings<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2011\/06\/24\/cd-review-birmingham-post-on-mahler-das-lied-von-der-erde\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new review of \u00a0our new Orchestra of the Swan Mahler disc in the Birmingham Post by senior critic Christopher Morley. 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