GUSTAV MAHLER
CD 1
Das Lied von der Erde*
CD 2
Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
René Kollo, tenor*
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti
Recording Producer: David Harvey
Balance Engineers: Gordon Parry, James Lock (Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen); Kenneth Wilkinson, Gordon Parry (Das Lied von der Erde)
Recording Locations: Medinah Temple, Chicago, USA, 1 & 7 April 1970 (Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen); Krannert Center, Urbana, USA, 8–9 May 1972 (Das Lied von der Erde)
Remastering Engineer: Chris Bernauer
‘Minton exactly matches Solti’s style, consistently at her most perceptive and sensitive.’ The Penguin Guide to Records (Das Lied von der Erde)
‘Minton makes a splendid soloist in these colourful songs.’ The Penguin Guide to Records (Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
‘These beautiful, intense accounts of some of Mahler’s most attractive songs are well worth issuing separately … Yvonne Minton has a superbly Mahlerian intensity and a quick understanding of the emotional centre of gravity in the more passionate or sombre songs. She consorts particularly well with Solti.’ Gramophone (Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)