{"id":6320,"date":"2014-08-12T19:51:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?post_type=product&p=6320"},"modified":"2015-12-10T13:19:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T12:19:53","slug":"mahler-das-lied-von-der-erde-lieder-eines-fahrenden-gesellen","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/mahler-das-lied-von-der-erde-lieder-eines-fahrenden-gesellen\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahler- Das Lied von der Erde, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)<\/strong>
\nLieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)
\nDas Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth<\/p>\n

Orchestra of the Swan<\/strong>
\nEmma Curtis- contralto, Brennen Guillory- tenor, David Stout- baritone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recorded November 19, 2010, Townsend Hall, Shipston-on-Stour
\nProduced by Siva Oke
\nEngineered by Gary Cole
\nEdited by Gary Cole and Simon Fox-Gal
\nMastering by Simon Fox-Gal<\/p>\n

Released May 2011
\nSomm Recordings (SOMMCD 0109)<\/p>\n

About the disc<\/strong><\/p>\n

SOMM<\/a>\u00a0has come up trumps again in this important Mahler Anniversary year, with yet one more new CD release of chamber versions of Mahler\u2019s first and last song cycles\u00a0with\u00a0contralto Emma Curtis, tenor Brennen Guillory and baritone\u00a0 David Stout<\/strong>\u00a0with the excellent\u00a0Orchestra of the Swan<\/strong>\u00a0in live recordings conducted by\u00a0Kenneth Woods.<\/strong>\u00a0These are \u00a0Mahler\u2019s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen *(Arr. Schoenberg)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Das Lied von der Erde (arr. Schoenberg\/Riehn)<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

At the end of the Great War, Vienna was a defeated city and Mahler\u2019s disciple, Arnold Schoenberg created a Society for Private Musical Performance to revive musical life. The society did not have sufficient funds, so ensemble transcriptions of orchestral works were often made. Schoenberg reduced Mahler\u2019s\u00a0Songs of a Wayfarer<\/strong>\u00a0for a concert in 1920, restoring the intimacy of the original piano version, while preserving many colours found in its later orchestral score. He also began arranging\u00a0The Song of the Earth<\/strong>\u00a0for the society in 1921, but did not progress beyond the first song, The sketches lay untouched until 1983, when the conductor\u00a0Rainer Riehn<\/strong>\u00a0completed them. Because much of Mahler\u2019s score has the delicacy of chamber music, surprisingly little is lost in these skilled arrangements. On the contrary, both works benefit from increased transparency, intimacy and emotional impact.<\/em><\/p>\n