For his audio-visual recordings of both Das Lied von der Erde and the songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Leonard Bernstein turned to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, an ensemble with which he had a decades-long relationship. For this live recording made at the Frederick Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv of Mahler’s 1908 work – a part symphony, part song cycle setting fin-de-siècle German translations of Chinese poetry – the conductor is joined with two of the greatest singers of the time: tenor René Kollo and mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, who features in the final song of the work, “Der Abschied” – a heartbreaking farewell that lasts as long as all five other movements put together.
Humphrey Burton
Director
Leonard Bernstein
Self (conductor)
Christa Ludwig
Self (mezzo-soprano)
René Kollo
Self (tenor)
The Up in Smoke Tour76%
Live Aid79%
Beastie Boys Story75%
Western Stars70%
Rammstein: Paris83%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me85%
Adele One Night Only78%
OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)78%
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show79%
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl70%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
That's Entertainment!73%
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles77%
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten72%
Avicii: True Stories79%
Bad 2572%
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story75%
Marley75%
Piece by Piece72%
