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Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911) Das Lied von der Erde (1908-9)

Paul Corfield Godfrey

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911) Das Lied von der Erde (1908-9) Anna Larsson (contralto), Stuart Skelton (tenor) Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra/Adam Fischer

Das Lied von der Erde was the first of Mahler’s late works that the composer himself never rehearsed or prepared for performance; it was only premièred six months after his death under the baton of his disciple Bruno Walter. Both Walter and his fellow-Mah