Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn [Import]

Lucia Popp (Artist), Andreas Schmidt (Artist), Gustav Mahler (Composer), Leonard Bernstein (Conductor), Concertgebouw Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Composer: Gustav Mahler
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B000007N54
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,537 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Der Schildwache Nachtlied - Andreas Schmidt/Lucia Popp

2. Wer Hat Dies Liedlein Erdacht? - Lucia Popp

3. Der Tamboursg'sell - Andreas Schmidt

4. Das Irdische Leben - Lucia Popp

5. Verlorne Muh - Lucia Popp/Andreas Schmidt

6. Des Antonius Von Padua Fischpredigt - Lucia Popp

7. Revelge - Andreas Schmidt

8. Rheinlegendchen - Lucia Popp

9. Lob Des Hohen Verstandes - Andreas Schmidt

10. Wo Die Schoenen Trompeten Blasen - Lucia Popp

11. Lied Des Verfolgten Im Turm - Lucia Popp/Andreas Schmidt

12. Trost Im Unglueck - Lucia Popp/Andreas Schmidt

13. Urlicht - Lucia Popp

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Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Late, sluggish Bernstein, September 26, 2005

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This review is from: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Audio CD)

Bernstein had his say in this song cycle in NY with Christa Ludwig and Walter Berry in top form. This DG remake some years later finds Andreas Schmidt in gorgeous voice, and he does the best job with Bernstein's tempi, now eccentrically slow by any measure. Lucia Popp's lyric-colorature soprano had darkened with age, and she sounds too mature and vocally unsure much of the time, wonderful artist though she is.

Ultimately this is Bernstein's show, and if you don't mind things being taken like molasses in winter, not to mention the accomanying attempt to overblow each song emotionally, there are good things to hear on this CD. These are all exceptional artists, after all.