Thursday, September 16, 2010

No Trans Issues Here, Just Something Very Beautiful!

I have told you before of my love for the music of Gustav Mahler. If you will take a few moments to listen to the following, you will know why I love it so much. Edith Mathis sings, as Leonard Bernstein conducts. Please enjoy!

7 comments:

Caroline said...

I have never been able to come to terms with this operatic style of singing within the symphonic form. I grudgingly accept the drinking song at the end of Beethoven"s ninth because it is more like a riot of noise.

Human voice just breaks into my reverie of joy.

I did manage 46 seconds!

Caroline xxx

Caroline said...

You are up early today!

Caroline xxx

Melissa said...

Ha! I haven't gone to bed yet, but I'm about to! What a shame you couldn't enjoy it. My own Mahler collection has a boy soprano singing that piece, and surprisingly, it is even more beautiful!

Melissa XX

Halle said...

Thanks for that link Melissa. Nice to be reminded what a great conductor Lenny was; such a pleasure to watch his joy in the making of music.

Amusing to see the German subtitles, just in case people couldn't make out the words (in German). :P

I'm betting the 'sexless' soprano voice of the boy would be a lot less distracting for those like Caroline.

Anonymous said...

Himmlisch! Thank you.
El

VĂ©ro B said...

Our classical collection is not very large, and I'm afraid there is no Mahler in it. I've never been very familiar with his music. This is a beautiful piece, and I think Edith Mathis is singing gorgeously as well. I think the human voice is one of the most beautiful instruments there is.

I grew up on Leonard Bernstein! I loved Young People's Concerts. One of the first records my parents bought was a recording of Peter and the Wolf that Bernstein narrated. What a voice he had!

Dru Marland said...

I enjoyed it. Not least because of the close up view which is not usually available if you're at a classical gig, so you can see the effort she puts into getting the notes right, and so on...