Mahler: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Rückert Lieder

Mahler: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Rückert Lieder

If you thought Mahler’s intense late Romanticism was outside Price’s range, think again. She is convincing in irony and tragedy. Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:39 pm

COMPOSERS: Mahler
LABELS: Forlane
WORKS: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Rückert Lieder
PERFORMER: Margaret Price (soprano), Thomas Dewey (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: FOR 16744 (1995)

If you thought Mahler’s intense late Romanticism was outside Price’s range, think again. She is convincing in irony and tragedy. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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