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Lieder Und Gesänge Aus Dem Jugendzeit – Starke Einbildungskraft (Strong Imagination)
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 2 minutes - 1.48 MBA listening guide of Lieder Und Gesänge Aus Dem Jugendzeit – Starke Einbildungskraft with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Lieder Und Gesänge Aus Dem Jugendzeit – Un Schlimme Kinder Artig Zu Machen (To Make Bad Children Good)
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 4 minutes - 2.79 MBA listening guide of Lieder Und Gesänge Aus Dem Jugendzeit – Un Schlimme Kinder Artig Zu Machen with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Lieder Und Gesänge Aus Dem Jugendzeit – Winterlied (A Winter’s Song)
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 1 minute - 1.37 MBA listening guide of Lieder Und Gesänge Aus Dem Jugendzeit – Winterlied with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Lieder Und Gesänge Aus Dem Jugendzeit – Zu Strassburg Auf Der Schanz (At Strasbourg On The Battlement)
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 8 minutes - 5.57 MBA listening guide of Lieder Und Gesänge Aus Dem Jugendzeit – Zu Strassburg Auf Der Schanz with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Kindertotenlieder – Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.85 MBA listening guide of Kindertotenlieder – Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Das Lied von der Erde – Der Einsame im Herbst
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBA listening guide of Das Lied von der Erde – Der Einsame im Herbst with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Mahler Das Klagende Lied – Intro
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 7 minutes - 5.12 MBDas klagende Lied is a work in which Mahler comes closest to the opera. This is because the composition is pervaded by drama and its elaboration in a text that regularly gets the character of a theatrically very effective dialogue. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was fourteen years old when his younger brother Ernst Mahler (1862-1875) died. The loss touched him deeply and gave him a gnawing guilt. A few years later he started Das klagende Lied, his first major work. Mahler himself wrote the text....
Kindertotenlieder – Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.37 MBA listening guide of Kindertotenlieder – Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde – Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBThe first movement continually returns to the refrain, Dunkel ist das Leben, ist der Tod (literally, 'Dark is life, is death'), which is pitched a semitone higher on each successive appearance. Like many drinking poems by Li Bai, the original poem 'Bei Ge Xing' (a pathetic song) mixes drunken exaltation with a deep sadness. The singer's part is notoriously demanding, since the tenor has to struggle at the top of his range against the power of the full orchestra. This gives the voice its shr...
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde – Der Abschied
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 71 MBThe final movement is nearly as long as the previous five movements combined. Its text is drawn from two different poems, both involving the theme of leave-taking. Mahler himself added the last lines. This final song is also notable for its text-painting, using a mandolin to represent the singer’s lute, imitating bird calls with woodwinds, and repeatedly switching between the major and minor modes to articulate sharp contrasts in the text. --- A listening guide of Das Lied von der Erde – D...
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde – Der Einsame im Herbst
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBThis movement is a much softer, less turbulent movement. Marked ‘somewhat dragging and exhausted’, it begins with a repetitive shuffling in the strings, followed by solo wind instruments. The orchestration in this movement is sparse and chamber music-like, with long and independent contrapuntal lines. The lyrics, which are based on the first part of a Tang Dynasty era poem by Qian Qi, lament the dying of flowers and the passing of beauty, as well as expressing an exhausted longing for sleep...
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde – Der Trunkene im Frühling
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBThe second scherzo of the work is provided by the fifth movement. Like the first, it opens with a horn theme. In this movement Mahler uses an extensive variety of key signatures, which can change as often as every few measures. The middle section features a solo violin and solo flute, which represent the bird the singer describes. --- A listening guide of Das Lied von der Erde – Der Trunkene im Frühling with Lew Smoley.
Mahler Kindertotenlieder – Wenn dein Mütterlein
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 4 minutes - 3.11 MBA listening guide of Kindertotenlieder – Wenn dein Mütterlein with Lew Smoley.
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde – Von der Jugend
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 14 minutes - 9.98 MBThe third movement is the most obviously pentatonic and faux-Asian. The form is ternary, the third part being a greatly abbreviated revision of the first. It is also the shortest of the six movements, and can be considered a first scherzo. First this movement was called ‘Der Pavillon aus Porzellan’ (‘The pavilion made of porcelain’). --- A listening guide of Das Lied von der Erde – Von der Jugend with Lew Smoley.
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde – Von der Schönheit
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBThe music of this movement is mostly soft and legato, meditating on the image of some 'young girls picking lotus flowers at the riverbank'. Later in the movement there is a louder, more articulated section in the brass as the young men ride by on their horses. There is a long orchestral postlude to the sung passage, as the most beautiful of the young maidens looks longingly after the most handsome of the young men. --- A listening guide of Das Lied von der Erde – Von der Schönheit with Le...
Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen – Die Zwei Blauen Augen (The Two Blue Eyes)
March 22, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBThe final movement culminates in a resolution. The music, also reused in the First Symphony (in the Scherzo “Funeral March in Callot’s manner”), is subdued and gentle, lyrical and often reminiscent of a chorale in its harmonies. Its title, “Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz” (“The Two Blue Eyes of my Beloved”), deals with how the image of those eyes has caused the Wayfarer so much grief that he can no longer stand to be in the environment. He describes lying down under a linden tree, ...
Mahler Das Klagende Lied – Waldmärchen (Forest Legend)
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBA beautiful, but proud queen would like to get married but do not know who. She conceives of a competition: the man who first brings her the very special flower that grows in the forest may marry her. Many men from the kingdom accept the challenge, including two brothers. The eldest brother is brave, mean and reckless, the youngest brother kind, gentle and curious. Soon the youngest brother finds the flower, picks it and places it on his hat. Satisfied he takes a nap against a tree. The el...
Mahler Das Klagende Lied – Die Hochzeitstück (The Wedding Party)
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBOn the day that the minstrel arrives at the castle there is just a party going on for the occasion of the upcoming wedding of the queen and the eldest brother. The murderer is pale and feels guilty about the way he earned his royal engagement. The minstrel plays the flute and the song of the murdered brother, the complaining song, sounds. The eldest brother takes the flute and plays it himself. Again the voice of his brother sounds and accuses him of the murder. The piece ends in chaos: the...
Mahler Das Klagende Lied – Der Spielmann (The Minstrel)
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBA minstrel that runs through the forest finds a bone under a tree, and cuts a flute. When he plays the flute, the voice of the murdered youngest brother, who tells the story of his unfortunate death, sounds. The minstrel feels that he can not leave this story untold and goes on his way to the castle to reveal the true nature of the queen’s fiancée. --- A listening guide of Das Klagende Lied – Der Spielmann with Lew Smoley.
Das Klagende Lied – Der Spielmann (The Minstrel)
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBA listening guide of Das Klagende Lied – Der Spielmann with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Rückert-Lieder – Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen (I Have Lost My Way In The World)
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBA listening guide of Rückert-Lieder – Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Rückert-Lieder – Um Mitternacht (At Midnight)
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBA listening guide of Rückert-Lieder – Um Mitternacht with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Mahler Rückert-Lieder – Um Mitternacht (At Midnight)
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBUm Mitternacht moves from the most brilliant day to deepest night, and the change is once more immediately apparent in its coloration. Mahler calls for an orchestra without strings. In addition to pairs of woodwinds (with a single oboe d’amore replacing the usual oboes), three horns, two trumpets, three trombones, a single tuba, and timpani, both harp and piano are prescribed. The length, weight and scale of the song match its theme. Five six-line stanzas (each of which begins and ends with...
Mahler Rückert-Lieder – Intro
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.75 MBRückert-Lieder is a song cycle of five Lieder for voice and orchestra or piano by Gustav Mahler, based on poems written by Friedrich Ruckert (1788-1866). Lied Ruckert 1: Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder Lied Ruckert 2: Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft! Lied Ruckert 3: Um Mitternacht Lied Ruckert 4: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Lied Ruckert 5: Liebst du um Schoenheit --- A listening guide of Rückert-Lieder – Intro with Lew Smoley.
Mahler Rückert-Lieder – Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen (I Have Lost My Way In The World)
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBThe poetic theme of “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen,” one of Mahler’s most beautiful and moving songs, is again unusual. It evokes the peace achieved through the poet’s withdrawal from the everyday turmoil of the world and his absorption in the most meaningful and central aspects of his life: his heaven, his life, and his song. (By implication the last is the product of the preceding two). --- A listening guide of Rückert-Lieder – Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen with Lew Smoley.
Das Klagende Lied – Waldmärchen (Forest Legend)
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBA listening guide of Das Klagende Lied – Waldmärchen with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Rückert-Lieder – Intro
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.75 MBA listening guide of Rückert-Lieder – Intro with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Das Klagende Lied – Die Hochzeitstück (The Wedding Party)
March 22, 2021 16:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBA listening guide of Das Klagende Lied – Die Hochzeitstück with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Rückert-Lieder – Liebst Du Um Schönheit (If You Love For Beauty’s Sake)
March 19, 2021 18:00 - 7 minutes - 5.5 MBA listening guide of Rückert-Lieder – Liebst Du Um Schönheit with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Rückert-Lieder – Ich Atmet’ Einen Linden Duft (I Breathed A Gentle Fragrance)
March 19, 2021 18:00 - 7 minutes - 5.51 MBA listening guide of Rückert-Lieder – Ich Atmet’ Einen Linden Duft with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Verlorene Müh’ (Vain Effort)
March 19, 2021 18:00 - 6 minutes - 4.34 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Verlorene Müh’ with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Mahler Rückert-Lieder – Liebst du um Schönheit (If You Love For Beauty’s Sake)
March 19, 2021 18:00 - 7 minutes - 5.5 MBThe most traditional of the songs was the last composed, “Liebst du um Schönheit.” It is the most clearly strophic in form, with the four stanzas presented in pairs, with a very brief orchestral interlude in the middle. The first three stanzas are clear variants of one another. The fourth begins as if it were to continue in the same pattern, but underscores the central message of the song by stressing the words “liebe” (love) and “immer” (always) through rhythmic prolongation and emphasis o...
Mahler Rückert-Lieder – Ich Atmet’ Einen Linden Duft (I Breathed A Gentle Fragrance)
March 19, 2021 18:00 - 7 minutes - 5.51 MBIch atmet’ einen linden Duft is perhaps unique in musically evoking a fragrance, the delicate fragrance of the lime tree with which the poet associates his love. The color of the setting is still more transparent, and much brighter than “Blicke mir nicht.” The orchestration again consists of single winds, horn and harp, but only violins and violas are called for, and a celesta has been added. The continuing even motion in the strings suggests the quiet wafting of the scent through the air. ...
Mahler Rückert-Lieder – Blicke Mir Nicht In Die Lieder (Do Not Peek At My Songs)
March 19, 2021 18:00 - 1 minute - 1.06 MBBlicke mir nicht in die Lieder explores a more unusual theme. It warns the listener not to be too inquisitive about the process of creation, and suggests that the poet does not trust himself to inquire too much: only the finished work counts, not how it was achieved. The analogy made with the work of bees in the second stanza provides Mahler with the basis for his musical imagery. A brief introduction establishes a kind of perpetuum mobile with a subtle buzzing produced by an orchestra of m...
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Revelge (Reveille)
March 19, 2021 18:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Revelge (Reveille) with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Revelge (Reveille)
March 19, 2021 18:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBRevelge is the most intense and manic of the Wunderhorn settings, and also by far the most extended. It is a persistent march of a magnitude matching the great march movements of the symphonies. The speaker is a fallen drummer boy whose comrades pass him by on the march and leave him for dead. For most of the song, a persistent military rhythm in the trumpets is omnipresent, becoming obsessive in its insistence. A listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Revelge (Reveille) with Lew Smoley.
Rückert-Lieder – Blicke Mir Nicht In Die Lieder (Do Not Peek At My Songs)
March 19, 2021 18:00 - 1 minute - 1.06 MBA listening guide of Rückert-Lieder – Blicke Mir Nicht In Die Lieder with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Des Antonius Von Padua Fischpredigt (St. Anthony Of Padua’s Sermon To The Fishes)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.29 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Der Tambourg’sell (The Drummer Boy)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.26 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Der Tambourgsell with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Wer Hat Dies Liedlein Erdacht? (Who Thought Up This Little Song?)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 5 minutes - 4.13 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Wer Hat Dies Liedlein Erdacht with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Der Schildwache Nachtlied (Sentinel’s Night Song)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.05 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Der Schildwache Nachtlied with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Wo Die Schönen Trompeten Blasen (Where The Proud Trumpets Blow)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 14 minutes - 9.74 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Wo Die Schonen Trompeten Blasen with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Wer Hat Dies Liedlein Erdacht? (Who Thought Up This Little Song?)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 5 minutes - 4.13 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Wer Hat Dies Liedlein Erdacht with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Trost Im Unglück (Consolation In Sorrow)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 6 minutes - 4.47 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Trost Im Ungluck with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Lied Des Verfolgten In Turm (Song Of The Prisoner In The Tower)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.01 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Lied des Verfogten Im Turm with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Das Irdische Leben (The Earthly Life)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.66 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Das Irdische Leben with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Rheinlegendchen (Little Rhine Legend)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.47 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Rheinlegendchen with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Der Tambourg’sell (The Drummer Boy)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.26 MBTamboursg’sell is the last composed of Mahler’s Wunderhorn settings. Like Revelge, it is sung by a doomed drummer. Rather than lying in the field, however, this drummer lies in prison. Where Revelge was manic, this song is more heavy and mournful. The drum rolls here are slower and more deliberate, and are balanced by lamenting woodwind trills. The song itself is most effective at a slow tempo. --- A listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Der Tambourgsell with Lew Smoley.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Lob Des Hohen Verstandes (In Praise Of High Intellect)
March 19, 2021 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.37 MBA listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Lob Des Hohen Verstandes with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
Mahler Symphony No. 1 - 1st Movement - Listening Guide
March 18, 2021 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBVery restrained throughout, D major. The first movement is in modified sonata form, with a substantially slow introduction. The introduction begins eerily with a seven-octave drone in the strings on A, with the upper octaves being played on harmonics in the violins. A descending two-note motif is then presented by the woodwinds, and eventually establishes itself into the following repeated pattern: This opening, in its minimalist nature and repeated descending motif, alludes to the first mo...