Mahler The Song of the Earth - Ger, Eng & Chi lyrics Part 1

Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
Final Movement - Der Abschied (The Farewell) Part 1

Presented with German, English and Chinese lyrics in the video (those with asterisks were written by Mahler).

Based on two five-character old-style Chinese poems (五言古詩) composed by Meng Haoran (孟浩然) and Wang Wei (王維) in the Tang Dynasty (唐朝).

Performed by Yvonne Minton
Conducted by Sir Georg Solti
with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Category:

Music

Tags:

• mahler
• minton
• solti
• abschied
• Lied
• Erde

[FERENCEFF]

This version is truncated.

There are still two more verses.

The last ends with;

My heart is serene and waits its final hour.

The well loved earth everywhere

Blooms in spring and grows green anew.

Everywhere and always the horizon

glimmers blue, Forever, forever...forever, forever...

[andantekit]

This is just part 1 of the whole video. It only contains the first 10 minutes of the 32-minute long Song of the Earth. Parts 2, 3 and 4 are coming soon.

[pianistmark1121]

NICE... :)

[Radeir1]

Mahler, o mágico

faz ramalhete de estrelas

- glória da Terra.

[Mr064Alex]

Un moment toujours magique et une émotion irrésistible.

[cyliu0413]

Thank you for the video. I read all three languages and it makes so much sense to me when there is the original poem presented.

[freeqwerqwer]

I'd heard this piece some 20 yrs back but had now, in video, and with translation, it has more meaning. The sound on this video is very good too. I wished I had attended the CSO concerts more during the heyday of Solti but was too poor then. Now, with money, he's gone from the scene.

[sexymzkim]

Thanks for the video! It was a pleasure this music so wonderful ... Greetings!

[urherman]

Yvonne Minton is one of the great mezzo-altos of the 20th century. --this is one of the most expressive moving interpretations in a class with Ferrier

[zamyrabyrd]

Silvertoned soprano, golden horns, wonderful sunset visuals, orchestral master Solti--oh thank you so MUCH!!!

[BillSalem]

Every note of Solti's orchestra is totally convincing and utterly clear in its' intention. The singer is an Angel of Annunciation who lays her finger on our beating hearts and astonishes as she spins the lyric into a sheet of holy flame. And the divine Gustav drives us almost serenely past the places of heartbreak. Here, Mahler will dissolve his soul into a darkening cosmos yet glowing with brilliant stars.

One of the lovliest performances I've heard of this piece. And now, onto Part 2.

[dadasopher]

Awesome. As educational as it is beautiful. Thank you for this!

[wenarto]

beautiful - may be i should sing this in chinese...ahhhh, what an idea, thanks for the chinese text.

[sammigroovyguru]

Beautiful Yvonne, Voice is as lovely as the person or is that the soul?

Om shanti

Your Groovy guru

[charlottevk]

simply beautiful

[itoski67]

Beautiful! Thanks for this!

[giloubreizh]

la zik de 'stav, tu l'ékoutes pas assis dans une salle de koncert! - tu la komprends allongé sur le sol; elle fait alors que un avec toi

[Pacabelle]

How beautiful this is? One of Mahler's finest masterpiece! I also love Kathleen Ferrier's version very much.

[vistatudo]

Belíssimo. Obrigado pela postagem. Paulo (Brasil).

[xcydnas]

谢谢andantekit！太棒了！

[operacat1]

I love this song - have a slight preference for a baritone performer (Thomas Hampson) but love Yvonne Minton's voice.

[selfreflectionII]

Beautiful - thanks andantekit!

I love DLvdE - especially the 'Farewell' ... I wanted to hear this version right to the end though!

[ondinegb]

How beautiful! Really appreciate the effort you've made. Just wonder if you'd work on the other five songs of Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde". Sincerely look forward to it. Thanks again for uploading this beautiful video.

[pantatheos]

Brilliant!