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Kindertotenlieder

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Kindertotenlieder

Cycle of five songs by Gustav Mahler, with orchestra or piano, to poems by Friedrich Rückert; they were composed in 1902 and first performed in Vienna, Austria, on 29 January 1905, conducted by Mahler.



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The 100th anniversary of the composer's death is 2011, and Gilbert sees such masterworks as the Knaben Wunderhorn songs, the R-ckert Lieder, the Kindertotenlieder, and the
The surface of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder likewise remained unruffled, though Matthias Goerne's seductively suave tone and flawlessly legato line were nevertheless deployed to excellent effect in these heartbreaking settings of Ruckert poems on child mortality.
Knowing the genesis of the words makes Kindertotenlieder uneasy listening but when Mahler spoke of "constructing a world" in his music, he meant every aspect of that world.
 
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