Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Rückert Lieder, Kindertotenlieder (CAvi)

“There is music that provides answers. And there is music that has the courage to leave questions unanswered.” This is how Andrè Schuen describes the songs of Gustav Mahler. Ever since his first encounter with the “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen” more than ten years ago, they have accompanied him throughout his artistic journey—as works that reveal themselves anew with every performance and continually illuminate different facets of the human experience.

Andrè Schuen and Daniel Heide now present their first recording devoted to Mahler. The album brings together “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen”, “Rückert-Lieder”, “Kindertotenlieder”, and “Urlicht”—works in which Mahler gives deeply moving expression to questions of love and loss, memory, consolation, and the search for meaning. Over many years, the two artists have repeatedly explored this music in concert, continuously refining and developing their interpretation.

The studio recording was made at the Markus Sittikus Hall in Hohenems, Austria, a venue of the internationally renowned Schubertiade festival of song and chamber music. The album is the result of an artistic dialogue that has evolved over many years—between singer and pianist, and with the world of Gustav Mahler’s songs. 

Tracklisting:

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

1.     No. 1, Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht

2.     No. 2, Ging heut' morgen übers Feld

3.     No. 3, Ich hab' ein glühend Messer

4.     No. 4, Die zwei blauen Augen

Rückert Lieder

5.     Liebst du um Schönheit

6.     Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder 

7.     Ich atmet' einen linden Duft

8.     Um Mitternacht

9.     Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Kindertotenlieder

10.  No. 1, Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n

11.  No. 2, Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen

12.  No. 3, Wenn dein Mütterlein

13.  No. 4, Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen

14.  No. 5, In diesem Wetter

Des Knaben Wunderhorn

15.  Urlicht