Word: gekommen
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...when a moving passage did come, it was intoxicating. Most memorable of all were the closing bars of Ich bin der Welt abhaden gekommen where Miss Forrester leapt a tenth with suppressed intensity, then faded out as a typically Mahlerian falling cello line, blending with the oboe high above, came to rest in a hushed cadence. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! was most consistently well performed here with precision and urgency; on the other hand, Um Mitternacht did not find even Miss Forrester compellingly moving until its dramatic ending. In any case, the results well justified their ambitiousness. Hats...
GUSTAV MAHLER: ICH BIN DER WELT ABHANDEN GEKOMMEN (Contralto Kerstin Thorborg and Vienna Philharmonic; Bruno Walter conducting; Columbia). A beautiful item added to the meagre list of available Mahler discs...
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