Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Vladimir Jurowski

• Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911): Das Lied von der Erde:
• 1 Das Lied von der Erde: I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (Live) 08:20
• 2 Das Lied von der Erde: II. Der Einsame im Herbst (Live) 09:11
• 3 Das Lied von der Erde: III. Von der Jugend (Live) 03:18
• 4 Das Lied von der Erde: IV. Von der Schönheit (Live) 06:53
• 5 Das Lied von der Erde: V. Der Trunkene im Frühling (Live) 04:30
• 6 Das Lied von der Erde: VI. Der Abschied (Live) 28:15
• Total Runtime 01:00:27

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Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin continue their exploration of Mahler with a new recording of Das Lied von der Erde, on which Dame Sarah Connolly and Robert Dean Smith provide the vocal contributions. Residing somewhere between symphony and song cycle, Das Lied is one of Mahler's most profound and loved works, marking an important step in the composer's career, as well as in his private life. Jurowski approaches the piece as Mahler's deliberate move from a "heroic" Beethovenian model towards a more "lyrical", Schubertian attitude. Throughout Das Lied, and particularly in the contemplative last movement, "Der Abschied (The Goodbye)", Mahler seems to come to terms with the mortality of man while celebrating the immortal nature of Life.

The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin has a vast PENTATONE discography. Together with their chief conductor and artistic director Vladimir Jurowski, they have recorded symphonic works from Mahler and Strauss (2017), violin concertos by Britten and Hindemith together with Arabella Steinbacher (2017), and Schnittke's Third Symphony (2015). Robert Dean Smith featured on PENTATONE recordings of Tannhäuser (title role, 2013), Die Walküre (Siegmund, 2013), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Stolzing, 2011), and Der Fliegende Holländer (Erik, 2011). Dame Sarah Connolly makes her PENTATONE debut.

Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Robert Dean Smith, tenor
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Vladimir Jurowski
has been chief conductor and artistic director of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin since autumn 2017. He has also held the position of General Music Director of Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper since 2021, one of the most prestigious roles in German musical life.

One of today’s most sought-after conductors, acclaimed worldwide for his incisive musicianship and adventurous artistic commitment, Vladimir Jurowski was born in Moscow in 1972, and completed the first part of his musical studies at the Music College of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1990 he relocated with his family to Germany, continuing his studies at the Musikhochschule of Dresden and Berlin, studying conducting with Rolf Reuter and vocal coaching with Semion Skigin. In 1995 he made his international debut at the Wexford Festival conducting Rimsky-Korsakov’s “May Night”, and the same year saw his debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden with Nabucco.

He was then First Kapellmeister of the Komische Oper Berlin (1997-2000). In the UK, he was Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera from 2001 to 2013, leading a wide range of highly acclaimed productions. In 2021 Vladimir Jurowski stepped down from his highly-acclaimed fifteen year tenure as of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, to become their Conductor Emeritus. His close connection to British musical life was recognized by King Charles III in the spring of 2024 when he appointed Vladimir Jurowski Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE). In 2016, he received an honorary doctorate from the Royal Philharmonic Society. In 2020, Vladimir Jurowski’s work as Artistic Director of the George Enescu Festival was honoured by the Romanian President with the Order of Cultural Merit.

Until 2021 he was Artistic Director of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra “Yevgeny Svetlanov” of the Russian Federation and Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Great Britain, as well as Artistic Director of the George Enescu International Festival in Bucharest (2017 – 2021). He has also worked with the unitedberlin ensemble for many years. Vladimir Jurowski has suspended performances in Russia since February 2022. Ukrainian works are and will remain part of his repertoire, as will works by Russian composers.

Vladimir Jurowski has conducted concerts with the leading orchestras in Europe and North America, including the Berlin, Vienna and New York Philharmonics, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, the Boston and Chicago symphony orchestras, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig. He is a regular guest at the music festivals in London, Berlin, Dresden, Lucerne, Schleswig-Holstein and Grafenegg.

The joint album recordings by Vladimir Jurowski and the RSB began in 2015 with Alfred Schnittke’s Symphony No. 3, followed by works by Britten, Hindemith, Strauss, Mahler and again Schnittke. Vladimir Jurowski has received many awards for his achievements, including numerous international recording prizes.

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