Das Lied von der Erde

Gustav Mahler


The New York Philharmonic


Movements 1-4 (25.8 MB .mp3)

Movements 5-6 (32.6 MB .mp3)

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Bruno Walter, Conductor (in photo)
Maureen Forrester, Contralto
Richard Lewis, Tenor
Broadcast April 1960 from a live performance at Carnegie Hall

...with some GREAT playing from the French Horn Section:

James Chambers, Principal
Ranier "Dinny" DeIntinis, Second
(Substitute for Mark Fisher), Third
William Namen, Fourth
Louis Ricci, Assistant First

Mahler's score calls for four horns, but it was the practice of the time to have an extra player on hand to seamlessly alternate with the other parts, especially in famously difficult and lengthy works such as this one.

Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Lied_von_der_Erde

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Walter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Forrester

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lewis_(tenor)

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFD9103BF930A35752C0A96F948260

http://www.theneighbornews.com/NC/0/785.html

http://deconstructing-jim.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-cousin-louis.html

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