(1899-1901) Ruckert-Lieder, 5 songs

Composed Year 1899 Year 1900 Year 1901 Performances by Gustav Mahler 1905 Concert Vienna 29-01-1905 - Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Kindertotenlieder, ...

Rückert-Lieder is a song cycle of five Lieder for voice and orchestra or piano by Gustav Mahler, based on poems ...

Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder explores a more unusual theme. It warns the listener not to be too inquisitive ...

Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft is perhaps unique in musically evoking a fragrance, the delicate fragrance of the lime tree ...

Um Mitternacht moves from the most brilliant day to deepest night, and the change is once more immediately apparent in ...

The poetic theme of “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen,” one of Mahler’s most beautiful and moving songs, is again ...

The most traditional of the songs was the last composed, “Liebst du um Schönheit.” It is the most clearly strophic ...

Woodwind 2 Bassoon. 2 Clarinet A. 2 Clarinet Bb. 1 Contra bassoon. 1 Cor Anglais (English horn). 2 Flute. 2 ...