01. - 04. Symphony No.4 in C major* [53'08]
05. - 08. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen# [16'32]
09. - 10. Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn - 'Das iridische Leben'& 'Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht' ^ [8'34]
11. Bonus track. (arr, Britten) Symphony No. 3 - II. What the wild flowers tell me [10'03]
Joan Carlyle- soprano, London Symphony Orchestra*; Anna Reynolds- mezzo#, Elly Ameling- soprano^; English Chamber Orchestra, all conducted by Benjamin Britten
BBC Legends BBCB8004 (in concert recordings - July 1961*, June 1972# and June 1969; this CD issued 1999)
(CD-rip; stereo flacs - *mono; booklet, cover and inlay scans)
Recording venues: Orford Church*, Snape Maltings# and Blythburgh Church, Suffolk
Recording engineers: not stated; Producers: Ivor Walsworth* and James Burnett
Benjamin Britten's conducting skills are well demonstrated on this all Mahler disc (not my rip - many thanks to the original uploader). I have also included his arrangement for chamber orchestra of the second movement of the third symphony. This was recorded at the same concert as the two Das Knaben Wunderhorn lieder and included on a bonus disc in the boxed-set release of Britten's recordings for the BBC.
Britten's way with the fourth symphony is very swift- reminiscent to me of Adrian Boult's recording of the first symphony. Both, I think, work very well but some may feel that Joan Carlyle has too mature a voice for Das himmlische leben. The lieder are taken at more conventional tempi and all work very well.
Unfortunately, the Symphony No.4 was only recorded in mono but the sound quality is good; as are the stereo recordings.
PS: Sorry, I only noticed after uploading that Joan Carlyle's name is miss-spelt in one of the tags.
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