Larry offers a sampling of recordings by eminent Mahler interpreters Maureen Forrester, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Kathleen Ferrier, and Fritz Wunderlich, as well as an unexpected and hilarious tribute to Alma Mahler.
Gustav and Alma Mahler
Playlist
Playlist
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, “Der Trunkene im Fruhling”
Fritz Wunderlich with the Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Otto Klemperer
Recorded in London
EMI 5 85747 2
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection” “Urlicht”
Brigitte Fassbender with the London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
Recorded in London in 1974
Mahler: Ruckert Lieder: “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen”
Kathleen Ferrier with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Bruno Walter Recorded in Vienna in 1952
DECCA 478 3606
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn, “Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen”
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf with Geoffrey Parsons, piano
Recorded in London in 1968
EMI CDM 7 63654 2
Lehrer: “Alma”
Tom Lehrer, self-accompanied
Recorded at The Hungry I in San Francisco in 1965
LP: REPRISE RS 6179