Rückert-Lieder
The Rückert-Lieder are five songs for voice and Orchestre composed by Gustav Mahler in 1901 and 1902. They were created with Vienna in 1905. The poems are extracted from works of Friedrich Rückert.
The five songs are:
- Liebst of the um Schönheit
- Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
- Blicke to mir nicht in die Lieder
- Um Mitternacht
- Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Data sheet
- Title: Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert , Sieben Lieder aus letzter Zeit or Rückert-Lieder
- Composition: June 1901 for the four first and July 1902 for the last
- Lasted: approximately 25 minutes
- Creation:
- four Lied of 1901: January 29th 1905 with Vienna
- Publication: C.f. Kahnt 1905
History
Composition
Mahler composed four of the five songs at the time of a stay to the " Mahler" villa; at the time of the summer 1901. The last composed song, is a poem that Mahler put in music in July 1902 for his wife, Alma Mahler. It hid the manuscript in the partition of Siegfried that Alma often deciphered. Unfortunately for the type-setter, Alma did not come to decipher the partition for several days. Gustav thus invited Alma with a meeting of deciphering, which made him discover the manuscript, which almost made it cry.
Creation and reception
The first four Lieder were created with Vienna the January 29th 1905, by selected members of the Wiener Philharmoniker. The concert, in which the Kindertotenlieder and some were also created Wunderhorn Lieder, was one of great successes of the career of Mahler. Paul Stefan wrote some: “One exultait with him, one shared successively his affliction, its childish, merry or rêveuses moods. One took pleasure to be filled with wonder at his science and his control of the small forms, as with a splendid blooming of beautiful poems. ”
Analyzes
Liebst of the um Schönheit
Blicke to mir nicht in die Lieder
Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
Um Mitternacht
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Discography
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Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Barbirolli, Orchestra Market - EMI
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter, Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna - DECCA
- Thomas Hampson (baritone), Leonard Bernstein, Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna - DGG
- Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin - DGG
- Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Otto Klemperer, Orchestra Philharmonia - EMI
See too
External bonds
- 5 Rückert-Lieder (MIDDAY)
- Page on the '' Rückert-Lieder '' on the gustavmahler.net site, with discography and comment of Henry-Louis of the Barn
- German Text and English translation of the '' Rückert-Lieder '' on '' The Lied and Art Song Texts Page ''
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