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...Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Kathleen Ferrier, contralto; Julius Patzak, tenor; the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Bruno Walter; London). These six songs were intended as Mahler's ninth symphony, but a personal superstition made him forgo the title. The dusky warmth of Ferrier's singing, the bright clarity of Patzak's, and the lurid orchestral colors run the gamut of gaiety and sadness. A definitive recording...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Bruno Walter conducts a Mozart-Mahler program...
Today, to the limit of his pocketbook, the music lover can buy 128 complete recorded operas, from Mozart to Gershwin (the biggest U.S. opera companies can mount only about 20 a season). He can have song cycles by Mahler, rare tone poems by Strauss, tropical novelties by Villa-Lobos, and scores of other out-of-the-way pieces, many of them complete strangers...
...crowd flocked to performances of Der Rosenkavalier, were slower to buy up seats for Hindemith's more modern Mathis der Mahler. They cheered for Eduard van Beinum and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra when it played The Rite of Spring and for Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet's new Reflection, liked Tyrone Guthrie's production of an 18th century ballad opera, The Highland Fair...
...Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer (Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano, with orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult; Victor, I side LP). Mahler's hauntingly lovely song cycle here gets a pure and richly expressive performance. Recording: excellent...