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Mahler and Mozart: "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" and "Cosi Fan Tutte"--Act 1 Finale. Peabody School, 7:30 p.m., March 24, Free...
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Nonesuch, 2 LPs; $5.96). Every Mahlerian worth his Knaben Wunderhorn knows the name and work of Kiev-born Conductor lascha Horenstein. Nearly two decades ago, Vox Records issued his performances of the Mahler First and Ninth, and they are still unsurpassed for their particular blend of pathos and playfulness. Recently, Horenstein, 73, has begun recording regularly again with the London Symphony Orchestra and has now produced a lofty version of Mahler's hymn to nature that is more than a match for the honored interpretations by Leonard Bernstein, Erich Leinsdorf and Rafael Kubelik...
...KNABEN WUNDERHORN, ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF, DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU, GEORGE SZELL CONDUCTING THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Angel). Though not a happy composer, Mahler could be light-hearted when he turned to folk poetry. In these twelve songs-drawn from the German folk anthology The Youth's Magic Horn-he conjures up an impish world of humorous saints, sorrowful drummer boys, cuckoos and nightingales. As one would expect from such a line-up of talent, this version abounds with interpretive delights. It does not, however, outclass Angel's previous recording by Janet Baker, Geraint Evans and Conductor Wyn Morris with...
MAHLER: SONGS FROM DBS KNABEN WUNDERHORN (Vanguard). In the 1890s, Mahler was so drawn to the German folk poems in the old anthology called The Youth's Magic Horn that he not only turned them into songs but turned the songs into symphonies. The texts are often grim or sardonic. The "tra-la-lee" in Reveille celebrates a roll call when "dead comrades muster," and after St. Anthony preaches to the fishes, "the carp's still a glutton, and sermon forgotten." Felix Prohaska conducts the orchestral accompaniment for the Swiss baritone, Heinz Rehfuss, and the Canadian-born contralto...
...Heine . . . When the Nazis came to power, they felt they had to "appropriate" it for the Nordic race. They omitted the name of the Jew Heine and just called it "a folksong." Clemens Brentano, however, has one real claim to fame: he was the joint editor of Des Knaben Wunderhorn, one of the most important folksong collections in the history of German literature...