Mahler: Symphony No. 1/Rückert-Lieder
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Performer: Dietrich Fischer-DieskauComposer: Gustav Mahler
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
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- OZAWA SEIJI / BOSTON S. O. / BOHM / BERL MAHLER: SYMP. N. 1 / RUCKER-LIEDER
- Sym No.1 in D: 1. Langsam. Schleppend Wie Ein Naturlaut - Im Anfang Sehr Gemachlich - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa
- Sym No.1 in D: 'Blumine': Andante Allegretto - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa
- Sym No.1 in D: 2. Kraftig Bewegt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell - Trio: Recht Gemachlich - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa
- Sym No.1 in D: 3. Feierlich Und Gemessen, Ohne Zu Schleppen - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa
- Sym No.1 in D: 4. Sturmisch Bewegt - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa
- Ruckert-Lieder: 1. Um Mitternacht - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Ruckert-Lieder: 2. Ich Atmet' Einen Linden Duft - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Ruckert-Lieder: 3. Blicke Mir Nicht In Die Lieder - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Ruckert-Lieder: 4. Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Music reviews of Mahler: Symphony No. 1/Rückert-Lieder
Music Review: Mahler Symphony #1/Ruckertlieder
Rating: 5 Stars
There are a plethora of more recent and, some would have, better performances of Mahler's Symphony #1 than this one led by Ozawa. Mahler fans (I'm one!) are ardent in their predilections and antipathies. I won't fuel any fires here--chacun a son gout. For the record, I'm not that fond of the Ozawa reading.
I do want to highly and energetically recommend this recording for Dietrick Fischer-Dieskau's luminous performance of four of the five Ruckertlieder. One of the most intelligent and persuasive interpreters of the lieder genre (if you don't have his collections of Schubert, you're missing something exquisite), an artist who is dedicated to the eloquence of a lyric, not just the prettiness of the sound (his interpretations of Wilfred Owen's poetry in Britten's "War Requiem" do equal justice to both poet and composer), brings the man Mahler alive in these songs (pity he only recorded four of the five in the set). Especially in the first ("Um Mitternacht") and the last "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"), Mahler presents his credo, if you will, of the Romantic artist. Fischer-Dieskau inhabits that character.
Speaking of the lyrics, Friedrich Ruckert, who lived during the flowering of German Romanticism and died when Mahler was six, was, among other things, a well-respected poet whose vividly evocative verses were set by some of the most prominent composers from Schubert through Bartok. He provided the lyrics (and premonition) for Mahler's Kindertotenlieder. Ruckert and Mahler are consonant Romantic souls, which Fischer-Dieskau beautifully explores in his interpretations.
I was introduced to Mahler through this recording of the songs--the final song was my mentor's traditional way of ending a social evening--candles and silence thereafter. Mahler has been a passion ever since. I am transported back forty years to those evenings every time I listen this recording of Fischer-Dieskau at his best. The only other performance I know that comes close in intelligence and vocal attractiveness is Thomas Hampson's, but he's saddled with conducting by Leonard Bernstein who stretches each phrase out to the crack of Doom (nothing succeeds like excess).
Even if you despise Ozawa's performance (some Mahlerites do), Fischer-Dieskau's performance alone is more than worth the price of the CD. And, not to forget, he's backed up by Karl Bohm and the Berliners (not too shabby an ensemble).
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