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| Gerhaher Hair* |
After posting the ASvO
recording of this song from Mahler's Songs
of a Wayfarer the other day, I thought about how Christian Gerhaher moves me to tears in
this song. Of course, he's recorded it in three different versions: piano,
Mahler's orchestral version, and Schoenberg's chamber ensemble version.
So I've been listening to
all three, back to back to back. It's wonderful and wonderfully depressing. I
decided that, for now, the chamber version is my favorite, both at the
"Ade, Ade" (farewell) section (so mournful) and the Lindenbaum bit. And then the
song trails off into silence. Ach, Mahler. Not a cheerful man, but his music
can be so moving!
*Not to be confused with Haim Hair (it's similar, but not quite the same thing!)
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