Flagstad - Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen 3

Ich hab'ein glühend Messer

Ich hab'ein glühend Messer,
Ein Messer in meiner Brust,
O weh! Das schneid't so tief
in jede Freud' und jede Lust.
Ach, was ist das für ein böser Gast!
Nimmer hält er Ruh',
nimmer hält er Rast,
Nicht bei Tag, noch bei Nacht,
wenn ich schlief!
O weh!
Wenn ich den Himmel seh',
Seh'ich zwei blaue Augen stehn!
O weh! Wenn ich im gelben Felde geh',
Seh'ich von fern das blonde Haar
Im Winde weh'n!
O weh!
Wenn ich aus dem Traum auffahr'
Und höre klingen ihr silbern Lachen,
O weh!
Ich wollt', ich läg auf der
Schwarzen Bahr',
Könnt' nimmer die Augen aufmachen!

I Have a Gleaming Knife

I have a red-hot knife,
a knife in my breast.
O woe! It cuts so deeply
into every joy and delight.
Alas, what an evil guest it is!
Never does it rest,
never does it relax,
not by day, not by night,
when I would sleep.
O woe!
When I gaze up into the sky,
I see two blue eyes there.
O woe! When I walk in the yellow field,
I see from afar her blond hair
waving in the wind.
O woe!
When I start from a dream
and hear the tinkle of her silvery laugh,
O woe!
I wish I could lay down on my
black bier -
Would that my eyes never open again!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Kirsten
• Flagstad
• Gustav
• Mahler
• Wayfarer

[TheBumblebee84]

What a performance!

[FORGE8700]

Didn't think she'd slid around so much.

[weepingforbrunnhilde]

Oh my God! I had no idea there were performances of Kirsten singing Mahler, let alone recordings.

Interesting. Her voice is too big, but better too big than two small. And it is *her* voice, which I can never get enough of. Good drama in the performance, too, good tension between orchestra and voice.

Who's the conductor? Walter?

I'd love to her her sing the Abschied from Das Lied, though. That'd be something.