MAHLER, G.: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) (Hampson, Bernstein)
Soloist:
Hampson, Thomas
Orchestra:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Bernstein, Leonard
Composer:
Mahler, Gustav
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Song of a Wayfarer)
Venue: Grosser Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
Date of Concert: 1990
Playing Time: 00:19:08
Television Director:
Burton, Humphrey
Catalogue Number: A05501972
Just a few months before his final illness and death, Leonard Bernstein conducted three masterworks by Gustav Mahler in a concert at Vienna's Musikvereinssaal with the Vienna Philharmonic. The program consisted of the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, the Ruckertlieder and the Kindertotenlieder. The soloist was the American baritone Thomas Hampson. The trade publication Musik & Theater wrote: "I know of no other baritone today who can profess a similar mastery of these three Mahler song cycles on a vocal, emotional and textually sensitive level... [It is] a singular vocal accomplishment and a worthy conclusion of Bernstein's extensive Mahler discography."
