Mahler’s soaring, worldly orchestral song-cycle receives a thrilling reading from the Wiener Philharmoniker and Jonathan Nott in this unorthodox interpretation that sees German operatic tenor Jonas Kaufmann pulling double duty and singing both roles. The gloomy “Der Abschied” gets a lucid reading from the historic orchestra.
- 2015
- 2016
- Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
- Lise Davidsen, Philharmonia Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim & Richard Wagner
- Sergiu Celibidache & Munich Philharmonic
- Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic & Gundula Janowitz
- Charlotte Margiono, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Dresden Symphony Chorus, Jard van Nes, Staatskapelle Dresden & Bernard Haitink