Dame Janet Baker - Mahler Kindertotenlieder & Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1968/2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

"I have cherished Janet Baker's performance of Rückert-lieder for many years (coupled with Elgar's sea images on vinyl), but so far I have resisted the purchase of her other Mahler song cycles, believing that these are only suitable for a male singer, and I have also cherished Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's performances. However, after listening to these songs Wayfarer and Kindertotenlieder, some 40 years after their first issue, I now see what I was missing. We soon forget the possible absurdity of a woman singing from the point of view of a jilted lover and a grieving father respectively. Janet Baker's art simply transcends such considerations. It is a Lieder song of the highest quality, coupled with a superb play by the orchestras of John Barbirolli. I had not heard the separate recording of Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen with the Hallé before; it is even better than that of the group of five with the Philharmonia. The recording remains excellent and so I give the highest recommendation. But listen to Fischer-Dieskau too."

TRACKLIST

1. Sir John Barbirolli - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: No. 1, Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
2. Sir John Barbirolli - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: No. 2, Ging heut' Morgen übers Feld
3. Sir John Barbirolli - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: No. 3, Ich hab' ein glühend Messer
4. Sir John Barbirolli - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: No. 4, Die zwei blauen Augen
5. Sir John Barbirolli - Rückert Lieder: No. 5, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
6. Sir John Barbirolli - Kindertotenlieder: No. 1, Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgehn
7. Sir John Barbirolli - Kindertotenlieder: No. 2, Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
8. Sir John Barbirolli - Kindertotenlieder: No. 3, Wenn dein Mütterlein, tritt zur Tür herein
9. Sir John Barbirolli - Kindertotenlieder: No. 4, Oft denk''ich, sie sind nur augesgengen!
10. Sir John Barbirolli - Kindertotenlieder: No. 5, In diesen Wetter, indiesem Braus



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