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Das Lied von der Erde 1952 Ferrier

This is an excerpt from a contemporary review of Decca’s classic 1952 recording of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde: “It will be remembered that the Columbia recording of Das Lied von der Erde, with Kerstin Thorborg and Charles Kullmann, and Bruno Walter conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, was made at an actual performance in Vienna on May 24, 1936 and suffered somewhat from the prevailing conditions. It is, nevertheless, a recording one has cherished: but now the greatly improved methods of recording and the avoidance of the many breaks in the music make it difficult for one to listen to it patiently after hearing the present one: and there seems little point in making comparisons…” Find out more here: Das Lied von der Erde.