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
- Sergiu Celibidache & Munich Philharmonic
- Berlin Philharmonic, Christa Ludwig & Herbert von Karajan
- Gewandhausorchester & Andris Nelsons
- Antonio Pappano
- Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Collegiate Chorale, Boys' Choir of The Church of The Transfiguration, London Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Highgate School Boys Choir
- Rolando Villazón