Mahler, Rückert-Lieder / Joyce DiDonato

Life and its intoxication, the afterlife and its promises. Where Richard Strauss dispenses with words, better throwing them into two flamboyant symphonic poems, Gustav Mahler uses five poems by Friedrich Rückert to depict joy, love, heartbreak, and farewell to the world—these five lieder were one of the great successes of his career. The melodies of Alma, his beloved wife, are a curiosity, and it's a priceless gift to hear mezzo-soprano Joyce DiD...