Gustav Mahler, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, New Philharmonia Orchestra – Das Lied Von Der Erde (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1967

Das Lied Von Der Erde is an LP by Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Gustav Mahler, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich from 1967 released on the His Master's Voice label.

About this album

Klemperer’s Das Lied Von Der Erde is a monumental Mahler reading, combining symphonic weight with vocal intimacy. Recorded in 1967 with the New Philharmonia Orchestra, the performance pairs Christa Ludwig and Fritz Wunderlich in one of the great interpretations of Mahler’s farewell meditation on nature, mortality and impermanence. Klemperer’s broad, granite-like approach gives the score a tragic grandeur, while the soloists bring warmth and emotional nuance to Mahler’s orchestra-led song cycle. It remains widely regarded as a landmark recording of the work and a touchstone for late-Romantic orchestral interpretation.

Genre: Classical