Mahler songs experienced anew
Lisa Batiashvili and Ronald Kornfeil have set five well-known songs for violin and piano.
When we are able to play Mahler songs that we know so well from listening, thanks to the arrangement by Ronald Kornfeil and Lisa Batiashvili, the richness of the harmonic and expressive means of this compositional style really penetrates our consciousness and allows us to immerse ourselves deeply in the emotional world of the songs. The vocal parts are skillfully distributed between the two instruments, the orchestral parts are transparently reduced to the essentials, resulting in a well-rounded performance. It is a pity that the texts are not printed in the booklet. It would even be desirable if the words were in the score next to the corresponding notes. Those who laboriously put this together with the help of the original versions are able to make the songs more colorful.
Included are: Remembrance, Spring morning, Went across the field this morning, Earthly life, Primordial light.
Gustav Mahler: Ging heut morgen übers Feld, Five selected songs for violin and piano arranged by Lisa Batiashvili, UE 36432, € 21.95, Universal Edition, Vienna
