Search - Mahler, Christa Ludwig, Leonard Bernstein :: Mahler" Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Royal Edition, No. 52 of 100)

In one of the finest recordings of these delicious songs, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, and Leonard Bernstein simply have a blast singing Mahler's sophisticated arrangements of German folk poetry. One of the nicest things about this collection is that there isn't a single standard love song in the bunch. There are some "twisted" ones, however, such as a dialogue between a woman and the ghost of her dead lover, or several quarrels between would-be lovers. There's also a desperate exchange between a mother and her starving child, a song of a soldier condemned to death, and one of a soldier killed in battle. In short, it's a fresh and entertaining look at songs about other stuff, for a change. Try it; you'll like it. --David Hurwitz