Tag: Gustav Mahler
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Kathleen Ferrier sings Lieder
“In the Brahms and Mahler everything benefits from the loveliness of voice and sincerity of approach. Finest of all, I think, are the Vier ernste Gesänge, the voice at its most sumptuous and utterly right for the songs, the style having noble breadth and authority as well as keeping compassionate personal contact.” -Gramophone “I adore…
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Mahler: Complete Symphonies, Nos. 1 – 9
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Kathleen Ferrier sings Mahler
In May 1952, four of Mahler’s greatest interpreters — Kathleen Ferrier, Julius Patzak, Mahler’s protégé Bruno, and the Vienna Philharmonic — made a recording of the composer’s Das Lied that is hailed to this day as one of the greatest classical recordings ever issued. Also includes the three Rückert-Lieder recorded by Ferrier and Walter, an…