GUSTAV MAHLER Complete Edition (18CD)
Limited Edition
The Decca / Deutsche Grammophon catalogue of Mahler recordings is unsurpassable. Major contribution to the celebrations this year will be the first-ever Mahler Complete Edition, a combined effort of Decca and Deutsche Grammophon recordings as an 18-CD superbudget box, with the ten symphonies, Das Lied von der Erde, Das klagende Lied, the song cycles, the Knaben Wunderhorn songs and early works — in benchmark recordings by a great assembly of Mahler conductors, singers and orchestras.
Each Symphony gets a different conductor, and the list is awesome: Abbado (no. 6), Bernstein (no. 5), Boulez (no. 4), Chailly (no. 10), Giulini (Das Lied), Haitink (no. 3), Karajan (no. 9), Kubelik (no. 1), Mehta (no. 2), Sinopoli (no. 7), Solti (no. 8).
The orchestras are the finest in the world: Berliner Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestrea, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker.
Singers featured include Thomas Hampson (song-cycles, with Bernstein), Anne Sofie von Otter and Thomas Quasthoff (their Grammy-winning Knaben Wunderhorn lieder, with Abbado), Ileana Cotrubas and Christa Ludwig in the Resurrection Symphony, Maureen Forrester in the Third, Juliane Banse in the Fourth, Francisco Araiza and Brigitte Fassbaender in Das Lied von der Erde , and a starry array in no. 8).
In addition, rarities like Das klagende Lied, rejected movements from the First and Second Symphonies, Mahler’s early songs and chamber music are included in the Edition.
PACKAGING: classic capbox, booklet includes a newly commissioned article by Christian Wildhagen and full tracklist.This set is a LIMITED EDITION.
CD1
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No.1 in D
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Rafael Kubelik, conductor
"Blumine"
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa, conductor
CD2
Symphony No.2 in C minor - "Resurrection"
Christa Ludwig, Ileana Cotrubas, Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta, conductor
CD3-CD4
Symphony No.3 in D minor
Maureen Forrester
Boy's Choir Of The St. Willisbrorduskerk In Rotterdam
Women's Chorus Of The Netherlands Radio
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink, conductor
CD5
Symphony No.4 in G
Juliane Banse, The Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez, conductor
Symphony No.2 in C minor - "Resurrection" - Totenfeier
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez, conductor
CD6
Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor
Wiener Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CD7
Symphony No.6 in A minor
Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado, conductor
CD8 - CD9
Symphony No.7 in E minor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
CD10
Symphony No.8 in E flat - "Symphony of a Thousand"
Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts
Rene Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela
Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Georg Solti, conductor
CD11 - CD12
Symphony No.9 in D
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan, conductor (1982 Live)
CD13
Symphony No.10 in F sharp (unfinished) Ed. Deryck Cooke
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Riccardo Chailly, conductor
CD14
Das Lied von der Erde
Brigitte Fassbaender, Francisco Araiza
Berliner Philharmoniker / Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
CD15
Songs from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
1. Revelge [7:13]
2. Rheinlegendchen [3:21]
3. Trost im Ungluck [2:22]
4. Verlor'ne Muh [2:42]
5. Der Schildwache Nachtlied [6:10]
6. Das irdische Leben [2:52]
7. Lied des Verfolgten im Turm [3:56]
8. Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? [2:05]
9. Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt [4:03]
10. Lob des hohen Verstandes [2:32]
11. Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen [7:08]
12. Der Tamboursg'sell [6:56]
13. Urlicht [5:44]
Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Quasthoff
Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado, conductor
CD16
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Kindertotenlieder
Ruckert-Lieder
Thomas Hampson, Wiener Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CD17
Das Klagende Lied
Susan Dunn, Brigitte Fassbaender
Werner Hollweg, Andreas Schmidt, Markus Baur
Stadtischer Musikverein, Dusseldorf
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Riccardo Chailly, conductor
CD18
Songs from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" Orchestration: Harold Byrns
1. Fruhlingsmorgen [2:35]
Bernd Weikl, Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
2. Erinnerung [3:03]
Anne Sofie von Otter, Ralf Gothoni
Lieder und Gesange aus der Jugendzeit (Arrangements for Orchestra by Luciano Berio)
3. Hans und Grethe [2:40]
Thomas Hampson, Philharmonia Orchestra / Luciano Berio, conductor
4. Serenade (from: "Don Juan") [1:27]
5. Phantasie (aus "Don Juan" von Tirso de Molina) [2:18]
Anne Sofie von Otter, Ralf Gothoni
Songs from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" Orchestration: Harold Byrns
6. Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen [1:40]
Bernd Weikl, Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
7. Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grunen Wald [3:50]
8. Aus! Aus! "Heute marschieren wir!" [2:06]
Anne Sofie von Otter, Ralf Gothoni
Lieder und Gesange aus der Jugendzeit
9. Starke Einbildungskraft (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) [1:10]
Thomas Hampson, David Lutz
Songs from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" Orchestration: Harold Byrns
10. Zu Strasburg auf der Schanz [3:59]
11. Ablosung im Sommer [1:32]
Bernd Weikl, Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
Lieder und Gesange aus der Jugendzeit (Arrangements for Orchestra by Luciano Berio)
12. Scheiden und Meiden [2:08]
Thomas Hampson, Philharmonia Orchestra / Luciano Berio, conductor
Songs from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" Orchestration: Harold Byrns
13. Nicht wiedersehen [5:46]
14. Selbstgefuhl [1:59]
Bernd Weikl, Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
Fruhe Lieder
15. Im Lenz [2:58]
16. Winterlied [4:03]
17. Maitanz im Grunen [2:23]
Thomas Hampson, David Lutz
Piano Quartet in A minor (1876) Quartet for piano, violin, viola and cello
Gidon Kremer, Veronika Hagen, Clemens Hagen, Oleg Maisenberg
Carl Maria von Weber: Die drei Pintos (completed by Gustav Mahler)
19. Entr'acte [6:13]
Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
