Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Ruckert Lieder / (1) Lieder

Gustav Mahler (Composer), Thomas Hampson (singer) (Performer), Wolfram Rieger (piano) (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (singer), Wolfram Rieger (piano)
• Composer: Gustav Mahler
• Audio CD (November 11, 1997)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics Imports
• ASIN: B000002RYY
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #431,994 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Kindertotenlieder: I. Nun Will Die Sonn' So Hell Aufgeh'n

2. Kindertotenlieder: II. Nun Seh' Ich Wohl, Warum So Dunkle Flammen

3. Kindertotenlieder: III. Wenn Dein Mutterlein

4. Kindertotenlieder: IV. Oft Denk' Ich, Sie Sind Nur Ausgegangen

5. Kindertotenlieder: V. In Diesem Wetter

6. Lieder Nach Texten Von Friedrich Ruckert: Blicke Mir Nicht In Die Lieder

7. Lieder Nach Texten Von Friedrich Ruckert: Ich Atmet' Einen Linden Duft

8. Lieder Nach Texten Von Friedrich Ruckert: Liebst Du Um Schonheit

9. Lieder Nach Texten Von Friedrich Ruckert: Um Mitternacht

10. Lieder Nach Texten Von Friedrich Ruckert: Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen

11. Das Lied Von Der Erde: II. Der Einsame Im Herbst

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Piano, good; Hampson, good; Recording, muffled., June 28, 2008

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James H. Holland II "UjiTea" (Geneva, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Ruckert Lieder / (1) Lieder (Audio CD)

I like the piano score (NO orchestra on this recording! ALL piano and voice!). These piano versions are by Mahler, and it's interesting to see how he thought of the music *before* writing the orchestrations.

Hampson, the baritone, sounds fine here, and I have no complaints about the pianist.. BUT: the *acoustics* of this recording dampen my enthusiasm just as they dampen the sounds of the performance. It sounds as if it was recorded in a velvet-lined cave. I really *do* prefer "intimate" pieces (one singer, one piano) to show at least a little more *presence*.

If you are interested in hearing the piano versions of these, you can learn stuff from this recording... personally, though, it will remain a reference recording only, never an exciting favorite.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully poignant, May 28, 2004

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Maria-Ana Smith "annakuryakina" (Santarém, Portugal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Ruckert Lieder / (1) Lieder (Audio CD)

I love this version of the Kindertotenlieder. After having heard the orchestral version with Fischer-Dieskau for hours and hours, I came across the Hampson-Rieger disk and fell in love with it. The piano versions bring out the pain in the songs much more than with orchestra acompaniment, and Thomas Hampson's voice and interpretation are absolutely "einmalig"!

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One baritone + one piano = underfed Mahler, September 24, 2005

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Santa Fe Listener (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Ruckert Lieder / (1) Lieder (Audio CD)

Hampson uses his considerable powers to inflate these piano renditions of Mahelr song cycles into something better than they are. One piano is not remotely adequate to represent Mahler's wonderfuly rich orchestral world, and Hampson overworks to compensate. A miss by a great singer.