Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde (piano version)
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Label: Champs Hill Records
Cat No: CHRCD167
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 20th January 2023
Contents
Artists
Claudia Huckle (contralto)Nicky Spence (tenor)
Justin Brown (piano)
Works
Das Lied von der Erde (autograph version for voices and piano)Artists
Claudia Huckle (contralto)Nicky Spence (tenor)
Justin Brown (piano)
About
The recording was a lockdown project, which provided Huckle with a focus for over a year during the pandemic.
'During the spring of 2020, I realised that if I never performed again, my greatest regret would be never having sung Das Lied von der Erde. I have loved this piece since I was a teenager, and have always felt that for a German-speaking contralto like me it would be the biggest and most exciting musical challenge of all. I took Das Lied von der Erde off the shelf, and decided: it's time. That's how this recording was born. I am so pleased to have found the ideal partners for the project in tenor Nicky Spence and conductor/pianist Justin Brown, and to have brought it to fruition.' - Claudia Huckle
Like many of Mahler's song collections and cycles, Das Lied von der Erde was conceived in both a piano and orchestral version. Both were intended for the concert hall, but the piano version has remained overlooked and is virtually unknown. Yet there are persuasive advantages: 'There is an intimacy in the writing which is intensified in the interplay of two musicians equally foregrounded; the poetry becomes more immediate, and the delicacy of much of the writing achieves a natural transparency' (Justin Brown).
The recording is generously supported by the Gustav Mahler Society UK in partnership with Champs Hill Records.
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