Mahler: Das klagende Lied

Sergei Leiferkus (Performer), Gustav Mahler (Composer), Michael Steinberg (Conductor), Michael Tilson Thomas (Conductor), Michelle DeYoung (Performer), San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Marina Shaguch (Performer), Thomas Moser (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Sergei Leiferkus, Michelle DeYoung, Marina Shaguch, Thomas Moser
• Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Michael Steinberg, Michael Tilson Thomas
• Composer: Gustav Mahler
• Audio CD (May 20, 1997)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003G5K
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,365 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine recording of a rare masterpiece, March 26, 2000

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Greg Hales (Vacaville, Ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mahler: Das klagende Lied (Audio CD)

This recording of Das Klagende Lied is one the finest available. The conducting by Tilson Thomas has good insight and honest emotion...the former quality lacking in many of his performances. Thomas has the San Francisco ensemble in fine form. The orchestra sounds very good, though at times one wants more strings and the woodwinds to play with a quality that does'nt vanish in full enesmble tutti sections.

The sing is some of best given to this work. At times however Thomas Moser sounds strained...mostly in the high range. The choral work is outstanding in everyway.

With the possible exception of the Chailly recording, it seems clear that this is the finest recording out in the market.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars MTT leads an exciting but lightweight Klagende Lied with variable singers, August 10, 2006

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Santa Fe Listener (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mahler: Das klagende Lied (Audio CD)

Although Mahler enthusiasts enjoy it, the youthful Klagende Lied hasn't found a concert audience--or much of one at Amazon, to judge by the lack of reviews for this CD. Tilson Thomas made it in 1997 when he was a PR darling in San Francisco, and it was a brave choice. His reading of the original three movements is crisply played and features a good deal of excitement, but it's all revved up on the surface. We get little sense of fantasy and mystery, which are crucial.

Also, despite the lovely singing of a youthful Michelle DeYoung, the other soloists are variable--Leiferkus sings clotted German with a Slavic timbre, and the tenor, Thomas Moser, sounds strained and baritonal. This was the first Klagende Lied I ever heard, and I'm grateful to have moved on to more convincing versions, such as Boulez's 1970 recording on Sony.

4.0 out of 5 stars At this price?????????, January 18, 2012

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J. Knokey - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mahler: Das klagende Lied (MP3 Download)

These reviews must've been written for the full price mp3 download or the CD itself, because at less then $3 this is a freakin' miracle!! No, it isn't quite the equal of either the Boulez or Haitink in performance, and yes, MTT had more chutzpah than skills at that point in his career. But the sound is gorgeous (so much so it does work against him and the orchestra occasionally) and the price is insane! Whatever lunatic marked this down to 1/3 of its earlier price--God bless him.