The Song of the Earth

December 29, 2024, 8:00 pm

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Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (Photo: Monika Rittershaus)

The CSO celebrates the spring in music by Schumann, Goldmark and Mahler. Opening the program, Daniel Barenboim conducts Schumann’s Spring Symphony. Next, Frederick Stock conducts Carl Goldmark’s In Springtime. Rounding out the broadcast is Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde under Fritz Reiner’s baton.

Playlist

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 (Spring)
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1977 (Deutsche Grammophon)

Carl Goldmark: In Springtime
Frederick Stock conductor
1925 (Victor)

Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Fritz Reiner conductor; Maureen Forrester contralto; Richard Lewis tenor
1959 (RCA)