Since you are interested in Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / PROKOFIEV / TANEYEV / CUI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art OF Oda Slobodskaya - The Decca & Rymington van Wyck recordings Oda Slobodskaya (soprano) & Ivor Newton (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Born in 1888, the Russian soprano Oda Slobodskaya won a scholarship for secondary education but, having completed her schooling, to her displeasure, found herself working with her parents in a second hand clothes shop. |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Rapsodie Espagnole / etc Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Of course, these new performances have many rivals, some of them very fine, that have long been established in the catalogue, but few of them can match the clinging air of nocturnal mystery which Haitink gives to the "Prelude" of Rapsodie espagnole,... |
HAYDN / BEETHOVEN
Scottish Folk Song Arrangements / English Songs Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), with Yehudi Menuhin, George Malcolm, Ross Pople, Robert Spencer & others [ Testament / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "'A Pageant of English Song' was Baker's first solo LP for EMI. Side 1, in which she's accompanied by Martin Isepp and Robert Spencer, is reissued on this CD. (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |