Janet Baker: The complete "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" (Mahler)

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1883-85): I. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht 00:00 II. Ging heut’ Morgen über’s Feld 04:20 III. Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer 09:03 IV. Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz 12:37 Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) -composer Janet Baker -mezzosoprano Sir John Barbirolli -conductor Hallé Orchestra Scores: Available for free at For more of Austrian songs check out my “The art of Austrian song: Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Mahler, Berg“ playlist. Description by Steven Coburn: This is Mahler's first completely mature work. It is also his first full-fledged orchestral song cycle, a genre Mahler was eventually to bring to its height. Unlike its two predecessors, Berlioz's Nuits d'été (Summer Nights) and Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder (Wesendonck Songs), Mahler's cycle was intended from the beginning as orchestral. Despite the fact that it was first sketched with piano and published