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Anne Sofie von Otter in conversation with Christoph Hartmann Simon Rattle conducts Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde”
Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker brought their performance of all of Gustav Mahler’s major orchestral works to a close with Das Lied von der Erde. Mahler himself described it as “probably the most personal work I have written so far”. And indeed, Mahler, already terminally ill at the time of composition, eulogises here the departure from life with a sincerity that still moves us today.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
Gerald Finley
Anne Sofie von Otter
Stuart Skelton
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