On a Magic Night...

[Roffe]

44 years ago to this day, a performance of das Lied took place in the Herkulessaal in Munich with Janet Baker, Waldemar Kmentt, the BRSO, and Rafael Kubelik. Fortunately, it was recorded, so that we can re-experience the performance again and again. An absolute top ranking das Lied IMHO. I listened to it yesterday and was moved to tears in der Abschied.

Roffe

[barry guerrero]

Agreed. Truly great.

I'm not in anyway wanting to diminish the greatness of the Kubelik "DLvdE" by piggy-backing on to this particular thread, but I want to share a 'thumbs up' for the new one on the LPO's house label with Toby Spence (tenor)/Sarah Connolly (mezzo)/Yannick Nezet-Sequin (new conductor of Philly)/London Philharmonic. I wouldn't put it near the very top, but it is a good addition. Spence does a better job with the tenor part than usual.

http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Lied-Erde-Song-Earth/dp/B00EZWNIT4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1393604738&sr=1-1&keywords=das+lied+von+der+erde+lpo