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 Gemini - Mahler: Symphony No 4, Lied Von Der Erde / Kletzki
Release Date: 02/21/2006 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 76912   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Gustav MahlerFranz Schubert
Performer:  Murray DickieDietrich Fischer-DieskauEmmy Loose
Conductor:  Paul Kletzki
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia OrchestraRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra

Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 


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 Notes & Reviews Back to Top 
Paul Kletzki's recordings of Mahler's Fourth and Das Lied von der Erde were overshadowed by Klemperer's versions of the same works, but they are by no means inferior. Indeed, in the symphony many listeners might prefer Kletzki's livelier first-movement tempo and the easier sense of naturalness and flow everywhere else. Klemperer can sound labored in comparison. Emmy Loose in the finale also does a better job than Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in the later recording, though the climax of Kletzki's adagio strains the trumpets and lacks brilliance.


Similarly, in Das Lied, Klemperer has amazing soloists in Fritz Wunderlich and Christa Ludwig, but tenor Murray Dickie does a very respectable job for Kletzki, and if you want the version with baritone there is none finer than this one. Fischer-Dieskau is in prime vocal estate, audibly superior to his later Decca recording for Bernstein (where his bark already was becoming more severe than his bite), and the Philharmonia orchestra plays with even greater confidence than it did subsequently, when it was in the midst of transition to the "New Philharmonia" and Klemperer's age was beginning to show despite his evident love of the score. The sonics, particularly in Das Lied, also sound remarkably clean and fresh. The two shorter items are nice to have, and they're well done. In short, these performances deserve to be enjoyed, respected, and above all, listened to. They have withstood the test of time.

--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Das Lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Murray Dickie (Tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Conductor:  Paul Kletzki
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1908-1909; Vienna, Austria 
2.  Symphony no 4 in G major by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Emmy Loose (Soprano)
Conductor:  Paul Kletzki
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892-1900; Vienna, Austria 
3.  Rosamunde, D 797/Op. 26: no 1, Overture (D 644) by Franz Schubert
Conductor:  Paul Kletzki
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1823; Vienna, Austria 
4.  Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement, Adagietto by Gustav Mahler
Conductor:  Paul Kletzki
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria 
 Sound Samples Back to Top 
Das Lied von der Erde (1990 Digital Remaster): I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (ten)
Das Lied von der Erde (1990 Digital Remaster): II. Der Einsame im Herbst (con/bar)
Das Lied von der Erde (1990 Digital Remaster): III. Von der Jugend (ten)
Das Lied von der Erde (1990 Digital Remaster): IV. Von der Schönheit (con/bar)
Das Lied von der Erde (1990 Digital Remaster): V. Der Trunkene im Frühling (ten)
Das Lied von der Erde (1990 Digital Remaster): VI. Der Abschied (con/bar)
Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern D797 (1993 Digital Remaster): Overture Die Zauberharfe (D644)
Symphony No. 4 in G (1993 Digital Remaster): I. Heiter, bedächtig. Nicht eilen
Symphony No. 4 in G (1993 Digital Remaster): II. In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast
Symphony No. 4 in G (1993 Digital Remaster): III. Ruhevoll
Symphony No. 4 in G (1993 Digital Remaster): IV. Sehr behaglich [with soprano solo]
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (1993 Digital Remaster): IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam
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