Est 1923

MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Austrian Holzmair sings the Wunderhorn songs

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Gustav Mahler

Genre:

Vocal

Label: Onyx

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 79

Mastering:

Stereo
DDD

Catalogue Number: ONYX 4100

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 6, Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen (wds. Des knaben Wunderhorn) Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 7, Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald (wds. Das Knaben Wunderhorn) Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 8, Aus! Aus! (wds. Des knaben Wunderhorn) Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 9, Starke Einbildungskraft (wds. Des knaben Wunderhorn) Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 10, Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz (wds. Das Knaben Wunderhorn) Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 11, Ablösung im Sommer (wds. Das Knaben Wunderhorn) Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 12, Scheiden und Meiden (wds. Des knaben Wunderhorn) Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 13, Nicht wiedersehen! (wds. Das Knaben Wunderhorn) Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 14, Selbstgefühl (wds. Des knaben Wunderhorn) Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Der Schildwache Nachtlied Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Trost im Unglück Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Das irdische Leben Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Rheinlegendchen Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Lied des Verfolgten im Turm Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Urlicht Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Revelge Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Der Tamboursg'sell Gustav Mahler, Composer
Charles Spencer, Musician, Piano
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Wolfgang Holzmair, Singer, Baritone
For a composer whose reputation rests on twin pillars of symphony and song, Gustav Mahler admittedly has more weight leaning on the former than the latter. Even when singers do venture into Mahler’s piano-vocal versions, their performances often sound like pencil sketches for a full-orchestral canvas rather than artistic miniatures in their own right.

Wolfgang Holzmair, in short, does not have this problem. His word-painting is superb, replacing sheer vocal firepower with more Lieder-friendly qualities of agility, precision and nuance. Poetic narrative is everywhere apparent and, whether unfolding in monologue (as in ‘Revelge’, with its drummer-boy narrator approaching death) or splitting into dialogue (as with the starving child and his mother in ‘Das irdische Leben’), Holzmair keeps his performance centred.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of his recital partner. Charles Spencer’s playing is indeed agile, though precision and nuance are a different matter. Nor is the strident recording quality at all flattering, with a muddy acoustic that often smears the vocal line and limits the piano’s lower range. A baritone whose expressive power lies entirely in his upper register needs a counterweight, not an acoustic that emphasises those limitations.

Much as conductors have portrayed Mahler as a symphonic heir of Brahms, Holzmair seems to make the case for Mahler inheriting the Lieder mantle from Schumann. It’s a bold statement and somewhat diluted by the finished product; but for nearly 80 minutes you can listen to Mahler’s melodies and barely recall that they exist in an orchestral version.

MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 6, Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen (wds. Des knaben Wunderhorn)

Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 7, Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald (wds. Das Knaben Wunderhorn)

Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 8, Aus! Aus! (wds. Des knaben Wunderhorn)

Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 9, Starke Einbildungskraft (wds. Des knaben Wunderhorn)

Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 10, Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz (wds. Das Knaben Wunderhorn)

Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 11, Ablösung im Sommer (wds. Das Knaben Wunderhorn)

Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 12, Scheiden und Meiden (wds. Des knaben Wunderhorn)

Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 13, Nicht wiedersehen! (wds. Das Knaben Wunderhorn)

Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 14, Selbstgefühl (wds. Des knaben Wunderhorn)

Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Der Schildwache Nachtlied

Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Trost im Unglück

Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?

Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Das irdische Leben

Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt

Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Rheinlegendchen

Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Lied des Verfolgten im Turm

Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen

Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Urlicht

Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Revelge

Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Der Tamboursg'sell

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