Mahler - Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - Kožená / Abbado

[Quijotemanchado1]

Lo divino en Mahler

[glc23l4]

I am lost to the world with which I used to waste so much time, It has heard nothing from me for so long that it may very well believe that I am dead! It is of no consequence to me Whether it thinks me dead; I cannot deny it, for I really am dead to the world. I am dead to the world's tumult, And I rest in a quiet realm! I live alone in my heaven, In my love and in my song!

[Gatltonian]

I think this performance is quite intense and sublime. I was deeply touched by it.

[doeevennormaalman]

Very nice. Very intimite. A little strange eyes :). Great cor Anglais!

[lispectorando]

I think this is better than Jessye Norman's version. This singer has such a beautiful tone.

[mysticality27]

I heard Renee Fleming sing this at Carnegie Hall and almost cried

[DrPeiches]

Sublime. Thanks.

[RobertoFioriniLI]

Very touching .... I do love her

[takeox]

wow, she sings nice ... but the version with Janet Baker and Sir Barbirolli is so much more moving and touching. As if Janet Baker would really live what she sings ....

[bogorzelak]

Wonderful. Thank you for uploading this.

[SYLVIEBOYER]

@ytdsgdjgfueyxn537 Merci pour cet incroyable moment de vérité humaine. Tout est juste. Je la passe en boucle depuis deux jours et je rêve de pouvoir donner autant que ces artistes. Merci à eux tous.

[PiroozAzDirooz]

Superbe!

[Helmutzin]

Dieser Dirigent, dieses Orchester und diese Sängerin sind in der Lage uns das Kostbarste von Mahlers Musik zu vermitteln: Geist, Sinnlichkeit und Gefühle öffnende, entrückende Musik eines Genies wie Gustav Mahler.

Ein Schwelgen in Musik und Musikalität.

Danke für diesen Schatz

[PatateRoussoiste]

ÇA à mon enterrement !

[MsBryce93]

I prefer listening to this without watching it.. I find her movements take away from it, and I think it would be more powerful if she just stayed still and only used her voice.

[flamencobunche]

wow, this note at 4:13 always makes me shiver. I don't know why but it feels different and totally unexpected. I could listen to this just very moment over and over again^^. Does anybody else think the same?

[incazzatabarks]

@flamencobunche I listened to it without knowing what the meaning of the song was and at that point(4:13) I felt the deep end of death. Well it says, repose (after death), so maybe...there is hope..after all.

[richivinsky]

@flamencobunche here are some for you

- when the singer sings "Ich leb' allein" (I live alone) at 4:34, the note when she sings "-lein" at 4:38

- the oboe note starting at 5:07, the oboist really does an amazing crescendo... just wow

- and the chord starting at 5:28... chilling

[tsalazarst]

@flamencobunche I think the same. 4:13 is extraordinary.

[lovewareareyou]

@flamencobunche yes and 4:22 amazing my friend

[swankified77]

@ytdsgdjgfueyxn537 She is a Mezzo soprano



[hautboisification]

The English Horn is beautifully played by Emma Schied. (Budapest Festival Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra)

[PatateRoussoiste]

What a... whoaaaa ... I mean... :O

[danakathomson]

Seriously.....how could there be any dislikes???? this is so breathtaking it makes me cry every time I listen.

[ian1856]

@danakathomson I just thought the same thing. This is such a divine performance!

[NovaScotiaChick]

In the uploader's section of below mentioned clip is a very good English translation. I keep coming back to Magdalena because to me it sounds best of all posted! I have not heard the Fleming version for a long time, the one that introduced me to this Lied.

watch?v=vTqbTP5qy7k

[pega17pl]

what a wonderful English horn!!! how perfect played with warm intensitity - breathtaking; a main reason at this outstanding performance this Lied really touching souls

[jacob830722]

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, Mit der ich sonst viele Zeit verdorben, Sie hat so lange nichts von mir vernommen, Sie mag wohl glauben, ich sei ge--storben! Es ist mir auch gar nichts daran gelegen, Ob sie mich für gestorben hält, Ich kann auch gar nichts sa--gen dagegen, Denn wirklich bin ich gestorben gestorben der Welt. Ich bin gestorben dem Weltgetümmel, Und ruh' in meinem sti--llen Gebiet! Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel, In meinem Lieben, In meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied!

[FilmComposeRaHoppe]

English horn ;)

[lamazopa21]

Mahler's lieder really amazes me. Abbado and orchestra are first class, naturally. The wind solos are wonderful, especially the English horn (does anyone know her name?) There seems to be some disagreement about Ms. Kozena's interpretation here but I find her voice to be lovely and very responsive to the music.

[flylooper]

Abbado is one of my favorite Mahler conductors. The soprano has fine interp and intonation but I'm bothered by her vibrato. Seem like she has a case of nerves going???

[muekam]

extraordinary....luv it , thx for posting

[NovaScotiaChick]

This is not only an amazing vocal performance, but watching each musician do his/her small solo performance is also a treasure (compared to some other clips here).

I keep coming back to her... Pity there's no Renée Fleming version here (it's how I discovered this song when watching Bride of the wind, a movie about Mahler).

[andyuk]

This is just pure quality. Bravo Magdalena et al.

[katell27]

magnifique ....

[jabba987654321]

could you tell me which orchestra it is? i saw this first oboist at the berliner philharmoniker and at the royal concertgebouw orchestra now and i like him :D

[Amandacelkins]

@jabba987654321 I do believe this is the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Claudio hand picked this orchestra for his special performances of Mahler.

[jabba987654321]

nichts geht über fischer-dieskau aber trotzdem schöne version :)

[h39st]

Unvergleichlich. Das Abhandenkommen ist anwesend in Stimme und Antlitz.

[NovaScotiaChick]

I just listened to the Janet Baker version but I much prefer this one!

[ruizt]

phenomenal!

[elbandidomuerto]

Great voice expression and beautiful english horn solo too!

[elbandidomuerto]

Awesome!

[Sorcerer2k]

Her Akzent is notwrong at all. Its quit good!

[nbtothepower]

Kožená ist eine wunderschöne Sängerin. Sie wird nie der Welt abhanden kommen.

[Audiofreund2]

listen! maybe the voice is broken tiny and "shy" because of the content? Read the text. "I am died" She probably understands more than us of mahler.

[sergenovique]

awful! why does this come in ARTE?! shame on them! for all this people who pay channel view! this woman doesn´t feel Mahler at all! AWFUL!!!!!!! God keep me off other words...

[TolleStimme]

@sergenovique You are soooooo right. The meaning this whole "Lied" is about not minding anything at all what the world happens. This person just wants to be left alone with his love, his music. Beside her exaggerating facial experssions, her intonations and "Akzent" are soooooo WRONG. Frau M. Kozena should go back to school and learn more about German language. It is not about her voice.

Listen to Jessye Norman (von gr8holio on YouTube) or Thomas Hampson on CD for MUCH BETTER interpretations.

[ian1856]

@TolleStimme Wow, I know everyone is entitle to his or her opinion, but your viciousness shocks me. I quite love this, and I can°t imagine anyone being so bitterly opposed to it...unless he or she is a failed singer. I°d be interested to know what you think of Brigitte Fassbaender...

[giupel73]

of course I think it is a matter of taste, but please, this definitely isn't an ugly voice

[blakley42]

A very satisfying performance. Soulful, idiomatic playing by the woodwinds (especially the english horn)and committed, darkly beautiful singing by the lovely Ms. Kozena. I don't buy the observation that her voice is too small. I think she is just singing pianissimo, as required by the score. In any case, bravas and bravos all around, and my thanks to Lelioricconboni for posting this.

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[fresia58]

haha, I understand

The voice is not only tiny and fix but very ugly

[universalis7]

@fresia58 this kind of a comment should have been done by a very ugly person...

[milouribebotta]

I forgot how many time I've heard this "lied". Probably more than 100.

Is the best version I've ever heard. I have listen many, for many directors and singers. And this is the best. For me, Abbado is the best Mahler conductor ever (I just bought his 10 Mahler Symphonies set) and this particular lieds, that are so dramaticl, are perfect por Kozena's voice.

And the orchestra is perfect! The cor anglais is sublime. And it's the only version, (I've heard), that plays the first harp note.

[RedCapWoodpecker]

Here, she's perfect. Everything.

This is probably my 98th listening. Still can't find anything remotely wrong.

Thank you so much for the uploading!

[universalis7]

I think this version is the best. Baker's version could be technically good but lacks the sensation and dramaticality of Kozena. And the darker tone of her voice is uniquely fit for this piece. Kozena is surely the best in these senses and will always be the best in my view.

[saturne46]

Quel chant poignant ! Magdalena Kozená est magnifique. Merci

[ibrokemyfingerbowlin]

Where's the legato? Kind of harsh in my view.

[LaFilleDeLaRue]

Please listen to Dame Janet Baker's interpretation of this. It is sublime.

[fresia58]

Broken voice, useless body movements, is she so reputed to sing with Abbado?!

[SAMARA3365]

@fresia58 you'r right; she is not, but she is married to Sir Simon Rattle. Her voice is much to small for this repertory, listen how tiny her voice in the upper register is.

[confession81]

@SAMARA3365 that is called pianissimo

[SAMARA3365]

@confession81 NO. there is a big difference between a piano from a big voice and a small vioce! this is a tiny voice.It's like the difference between a Ferrari at 20km/h or a Fiat 500 at 20km/h

[HoneyAndRue]

@SAMARA3365 Man with big voice doesnt have to be a singer. Nobody cares about big or small, but about a quality and musicality of singer.

[S0NNABEND]

Aber nichstdestotzotz sieht Abbado aus wie ein magersüchtiges Model....

[rieske2000]

@S0NNABEND Der Mann is 78. Mal sehen wie Sie aussehen ...

[orichalcum1]

let's not forget the brilliant cor anglais..... beautiful playing.

[2Dawgz]

The odd breaths are because of Abbado's very, very slow tempo. It would take a Jessye Norman to get through those long phrases without a breath.

[GeoffDeibel]

@2Dawgz Thomas Hampson's version is even slower, I think. That first breath is a little weird.

[aquacryl]

I closed my eyes and listened : she has a wonderful voice this lady !

[repelsteeltje12345]

Wonderful orchestra. Especially the warm Alto oboe: very nice of tone and great musical interpretation. Barva! Claudio Abado ofcourse is the master. However the singer does not have a positive contribution. Indeed, strange breath taking places. Wrong vibrato. Overall more acting then she singing.

[victor7788]

喔我的天哪...

[NovaScotiaChick]

It's an incredibly emotional performance which put me back in touch with when I first heard this song, by Renee Fleming in Bride of the wind, a movie about Mahler's life. The sadness of that scene and this performance are both very powerful and the words are einfach wunderbahr. One really must understand German to appreciate fully. It would be interesting to see Renee perform this... just wondering if she would be able to get all her breaths in the right place, but who cares!

[dbrel]

OK.. the jerking of the head and the eye positions completely ruin this... Not too happy with the placement of some of the breaths either. Definitely not my favorite performance...

[wnerie]

@dbrel could you explain in more detail?

[dbrel]

@wnerie Does that need more detail ? The head is jerking almost constantly, which destroys any possibility of interpretation. Breaths are placed in odd places, which destroys the phrasing and line of the voice. It's not difficult to hear and see these problems.

[Phiz192]

Wundervoll!

[danielbream]

senza parole

[austinviola]

absolutely perfect...

[Tobias15111985]

Es ist erstaunlich was Mahler aus diesem mittelmäßigen Rückert-Text gemacht hat.

[colonia3059]

The Orquestra and Abbado!!!!!!!! what a treat, what a class....what an inspiration!

[andromedam1profile]

Very artistic!  Thank you!

[SpottyDorsord]

I prefer this version to others. I, to my own surprise, like Ms. Kozena's voice more in this song than Christa Ludwig's.

[huahuacha]

What a music! Even if you know it by heart, you keep being deeply moved by such text&music match.

As flylooper, I am not totally convinced by the singing but she is convincing nevertheless.

English horn is wonderful. Like all the winds.

Thanks for posting this.

[jjsoetekouw]

@Fafner1976 Great news!

[PiosRodamanArt]

Her voice talks directly to my soul.

[flylooper]

No one suffered for his music as did Gustav Mahler. He was a complex, complex human being and one who was despised for everything under the sun, not the least for being a Jew in Vienna. But he persevered where others would would - and did, like his brother Oscar - literally self-destruct.

The Rückert poem set to Mahler's music tears my heart out. Abbado did a good job but the string section was very weak. Oboes were wonderful. I still prefer either Thomas Hampson's or Christa Ludwig's voice.

[ScarlettLime]

This whole rendition gives me the chills each time. Excellent winds and brass!! So well done.

[jballs25]

This is the best orchestral performance I think I've heard. English horn has brilliant control and phrasing. I wish they performed it with a different vocalist.

[cornonatural]

@jballs25 agreed what gorgeous English horn playing!

[nofilleronlykiller]

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, Mit der ich sonst viele Zeit verdorben, Sie hat so lange nichts von mir vernommen, Sie mag wohl glauben, ich sei gestorben! Es ist mir auch gar nichts daran gelegen, Ob sie mich für gestorben hält, Ich kann auch gar nichts sagen dagegen, Denn wirklich bin ich gestorben der Welt. Ich bin gestorben dem Weltgetümmel, Und ruh' in einem stillen Gebiet! Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel, In meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied!

[ollibygolli]

Kozena is one of my all-time favorite mezzos, and this one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Great recording, thanks for posting! Anyone have an idea if it's available on DVD / CD / Download anywhere [apparently not in the US :( ]

[Fafner1976]

@ollibygolli DVD and BluRay are set to be released next month...

[ollibygolli]

@Fafner1976 Thanks for the heads-up!

[themastroiannis]

@Fafner1976 , i loved this rendition! are you sure this is coming out in dvd?? would love to get a copy of this!!

[Fafner1976]

@themastroiannis It is out already, I got it. BluRay version is out as well (got that too, was shipped but not here yet).

[strobelodge]

amazing vocal!

[nohpiano]

oh crap...she lost me at the first breath in the first phrase, instead of going through. And what is "nichts" with a vowel like "it"?

[wwwoyzeck]

the orchestra is magical. abbado just understands mahler. rubati, colours - beyond beautiful. as for kozena, i think she manages to sing rather nicely and musically - within the limits of her voice which is limited in range (a mezzo really shouldn't need to artificially darken the low notes as much...) as well as more than problematic in terms of technique (shortness of breath which forces her to divide literally every longer phrase, lack af support, bad posture, flickering vibrato).

[lipati]

Great music, great performance!!! it touches my soul deeply.

[cantanteporsiempre]

What an amazing color of the orchestra, this is the best version I have ever heard. I can only think of Abbado directing this otchestra and Jessye Norman singing this lied. Paradise.

[happywandy457]

Happywandi457, in my opinion this a unique version of a masterpiece. Though

Abado has strange way to express music in his gestures, Kozena, the orchestra

and Abado got the feeling of this marvelously: It is a treasure . . .

[prodesica]

Capolavoro!!!

[joanabanyeres]

Magdalena tiene algo muy personal.

Con Abbado que dirige esta obra, una de las mas bellas de Mahler, esta muy bien con la voz de Magdalena.

estoy feliz de poder oírla una y otra vez,

Cuando paso este vídeo en Arte, olvide quedarme lo, y tengo por esto una gran alegria.; doy mis tante grazie a LelioRiccoboni.

Es una maravilla. No quita nada a las otras interpretaciones que no son muchas. porque este es diferente.

Admiro la cara de Magdalena natural sin make up, y ella es muy bella.

[MrGunterguerrero]

This lied was written in 1901. Makes me remember the wonderful Mahler's Adagietto, from the 5# Symphony...Love Mahler's works...the ten Symphonies...Claudio Abbado, great conductor! Magdalena Kozena is married to the another great maestro, Sir Simon Rattle.

[zobrioth]

@MrGunterguerrero...REALLY. That's nice of you to tell me this. I enjoyed her singing and had not researched HER, as a person. I was thinking about her, though, because I wondered why I dreamed of her crying with a twisted face... that I was compelled to restrict. I don't care why exactly - but, that was not fair - and she is so smart. Stupid me sometimes, though - obviously she's busy.

[MrGunterguerrero]

@zobrioth My friend zobrioth, I made my comment about this Mahler's lied. About the Czech pretty and talended mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena, as you know, was formerly married to one French baritone, and her marriage ended after she began a relationship with the conductor Sir Simon Rattle...and about her " gesture " as people said, don't forget she is an opera singer, so she's and actress ! So, she's busy of course.

[zobrioth]

The music plays so nicely here this composition. She's only singing sometimes - I think I like her instrument - hear her voice say this. Always that composer takes away with the strings - but... that conductor explains it all so well - and she's so nice I think. Her faces are unwilling to accost me. If working soon, she will know what else to do.

[giorgioot]

Jessye Norman for ever!!!!!!!

[chrizosthemis]

3:55

[alexandmilesme]

Je suis aussi une admiratrice de janet baker, mais justement je reconnais qu'il est difficile d'en donner une version

personnelle. Je crois qu'elle a réussi. Elle ne l'imite pas. Elle prend le risque de rompre le légato, de bousculer le rythme. Certains passages sont vraiment émouvants : bruts et et inattendus. Malheureusement elle cède un peu trop souvent au lyrisme suave de la variété. (Voir son expression théâtrale à la fin : )

[darnmat]

I've been used to other interpretations too but this one is really one of those sincere and moving ones.... it's just wonderful to see other artist's "experiences" with this piece that ultimate inspires the heart of the listeners. Really lovely!

[mwk12kev]

I agree. Why all the gesture? Just stand, concentrate, also seek to speak the text correctly!!!! All the side stuff does is cover up the issues she has with her vocal technique. There is a wonderful version here with Bruno Walter and Kerstin Thorberg -> INCREDIBLE!!

[PakoChile]

So affected and yet so unnatural and un-feeling....

She should see and listen Janet Baker

[KozenaFan]

Pako, I do agree that Janet Baker's recording, with Barbirolli and the Halle Orchestra, is the best, hands-down. However, I find Kozena's rendition quite moving as well, though there are several disappoints in terms of her phrasing.

[alejandra379]

Odd: for some people, this lied tells us about despair... for me it is about renouncing the world willingly and the bittersweetness of that choice. :)

[SieglindeMoos]

She is an artist, really, but in my opinion she didn't finish training the whole instrument and unfortunately has to limit the expression of her artistry.

[saturne46]

Magnifique interprétation de ce chant du désespoir. Bravo à Kozena, Abbado et l'orchestre. Et merci pour cette vidéo.

[Franziskanus1]

Abbado and the Orchestra genius.

The poor and love for sure better Kozená prevails, if the reshuffle brought forward at least 10 percent of the voice.

Thank you for the upload!

[ksj818]

Sorry....it doesn't look and feel natural to me. I value her very high among today's singers but this.........No.

[sabadabaduz]

Also, she lacks in breath. I think that is why she rushes through many phrases way ahead the orchestra.

[sabadabaduz]

unsuppressable gestures must be accepted - such as Gould's conducting hands. But this woman is affected! You can tell she rehearsed the movements at 4:30 and 5:20 all too obvious. That is disgusting.

Instead she should have tried to get the vowals right: Himmel isn't Hümmel and Lieben isn't Leben. (and these clear vowals are no specific for the German language! But "ch" as in "nichts", which she gets wrong also, admittedly is).

[jjsoetekouw]

Nobody equals Magdalena Kožená in this stunning performance. The orchestra is perfect. Abbado respects and emphasizes the chilling string-glissando at the end.

[unavoltatanto3485]

I don't agree. It lacks in maturity and depth. Too many gestures, expressions, movements where just dignity, intimacy and concentration would be enough...

[jjsoetekouw]

The gestures, expressions and movements of Kožená give her performance of this romantic Lied an extra dimension. Look at her face in the final minute. She suffers.

[alejandra379]

Excuse me: Kathleen Ferrier's rendition is unsurpassable.

[jjsoetekouw]

Yes, beautiful, but too much vibrato and her German is not perfect.

[amadeuswebern]

Ι never quite understood why Ferrier is considered such a good interpret of Mahler.

[KozenaFan]

@alejandra379 Don't forget Dame Janet Baker's with the Halle Orchestra and Sir John Barbirolli...

[alejandra379]

I know!!!! it is really beautiful in its simplicity!!! :)

[Schwanzlurch75]

Could anyone post the other Lieder from that cycle sung by Kozena ? Especially "Um Mitternacht" ?

[KozenaFan]

Beautiful beyond words. Thanks for posting!

[terezqa]

Well THIS is wonderful!! Thanks for posting!!

[bowedmyhead]

Which orchestra? Year?

Wonderful voice, great conductor, great tune. Thank you.

[leverkuhn67]

Lucerne festival orchestra 2009

[alejandra379]

Thank you!!!! I was hoping to see and listen to this!!!!

[mariakatjuscha]

...bin gestorben, als ich es gehört habe. leider auch nur in der Aufzeichnung . Wie wunderschön!

mille grazie

[Nibelungenfrau]

Ohhh wie schön - danke schön für dieses extrem schöne Video. Ich habe es leider nicht live gesehen, nur ineiner Aufzeichnung auf arte. Thank you sooo much for these video. Really. You make me very happy. :)