MAHLER - Lieder des fahrenden Gesellen (Complete)
MAHLER "Lieder eines farenden Gesellen" (complete) - Here I set the scenery in modern Nagasaki, Japan.
The work's compositional history is complex and difficult to trace. Mahler appears to have begun composing the songs in December 1884 and to have completed them in 1885.
It appears to have been in the orchestral version that the cycle was first performed on 16 March 1896 by the Dutch baritone Anton Sistermans with the Berlin Philharmonic and Mahler conducting.
There are strong connections between this work and Mahler's First Symphony, with the main theme of the second song being the main theme of the 1st Movement and the final verse of the 4th song reappearing in the 3rd Movement as a contemplative interruption of the funeral march.
00:00 1. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
03:21 2. Ging heut’ Morgen über’s Feld
07:08 3. Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer
09:55 4. Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz