Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

Name: Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Director: Humphrey Burton
Genre: Music
Released: 2005
Rating: 10
Cast: Leonard Bernstein, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic

10/10

2005

2h 56m

Music

Overview

Filmed on tour at Berlin's Philharmonie, this account of the valedictory Ninth Symphony is an intense interpretation, expressing Bernstein's conviction that modern man had at last caught up with the message encoded in Mahler's last completed work. Having made his famous 1966 studio recording of "Das Lied von der Erde" in Vienna, Bernstein re-recorded this in Israel with the same searing subjectivity. René Kollo draws on the voice of a great Wagner tenor, while Christa Ludwig, the greatest exponent of the contralto songs at the time, is unbearably poignant in the final movement's fusion of elation and sadness.