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Most of my listening is in classical and I even thinking about which classical works are nearest and dearest to me is daunting.
I will revisit it later.
Right now, I'm only focusing on my favorite work.
Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde' . It is a song cycle for tenor and alto( or baritone).
It is late Mahler so of course it is about death, It tickles my post existentialistic heart.
It opens with "the drinking song of earth's sorrow"
The wine beckons in golden goblets
but drink not yet; first I'll sing you a song.
The song of sorrow
shall ring laughingly in your soul.
When the sorrow comes,
blasted lie the gardens of the soul,
wither and perish joy and singing.
Dark is life, dark is death!
My favorite recording is Klemperer/Ludwig/Wunderlich
It ends with a half hour song that is as long as the first five songs taken together.
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