December 29
The Song of the Earth
The CSO celebrates the spring in music by Schumann, Goldmark and Mahler. Opening the program, Daniel Barenboim conducts Schumann’s Spring Symphony. Next, Frederick Stock conducts Carl Goldmark’s In Springtime . Rounding out the broadcast is Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde under Fritz Reiner’s baton.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 (Spring)
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1977 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Carl Goldmark
In Springtime
Frederick Stock conductor
1925 (Victor)
Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Fritz Reiner conductor
Maureen Forrester contralt
Richard Lewis tenor
1959 (RCA)