馬勒: 悲嘆之歌 麥可.吉倫 指揮 ORF維也納廣播交響樂團 Michael Gielen / Mahler: Das Klagende Lied

馬勒:悲嘆之歌(森林童話/吟遊詩人/婚禮音樂)  
麥可.吉倫 指揮
ORF維也納廣播交響樂團
維也納歌唱學院合唱團

即使被公認是十九世紀末期到二十世紀初最重要的作曲家之一, 馬勒的(悲嘆之歌)是一個在音樂廳真正稀有的珍品. 根據馬勒親自寫的一個恐怖故事, 這一件大型的聲樂交響樂作品為後來大家比較熟悉的作品佈下場景. 年僅二十歲的馬勒呈遞此作品樂譜參加維也納音樂之友的貝多芬獎. 在未能贏得該獎之後, 他寫了幾個修改版. 大約二十年之後, 此曲終於在1901年2月17日在維也納由馬勒指揮首演. 在此專輯聽到的'綜合版'包含了原始的第一樂章和修改版的其他兩個樂章. 這個綜合版在1960年偉大的馬勒復興年代變成表演慣例. 這張現場表演專輯特色是由在2019年逝世的麥可.吉倫指揮ORF維也納廣播交響樂團. 專輯是1990年六月錄製於維也納歌劇院.

Mahler's cantata Das klagende Lied is a true rarity in the concert hall, even though Mahler is recognised as one of the most significant composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Based on a horror tale written by Mahler himself, this large-scale, vocal symphonic work sets the scene for Mahler's later and more familiar output. Aged only 20, Mahler submitted the score for the Beethoven Prize at the Society of the Friends of Music in Vienna. Failing to win the prize, he subsequently made several revisions. Some twenty years later, it was finally premiered by the composer in Vienna on 17 February 1901. The 'mixed version' heard on this recording consists of the original first movement and the revised versions of the other two parts. It became customary to perform this version during the great Mahler Renaissance in the 1960s. This live performance featuring the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Michael Gielen, who died in 2019. Like Mahler, he was both a conductor and a composer. The recording was made in June 1990 at the Konzerthaus Vienna.