Mahler: Ich bin der Welt: from Ruckert Songs
Mahler: Der Abschied: from Das Lied von der Erde
Mahler: Adagietto: from Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninov: 18th variation from Paganini Variations
Korngold: Marietta's song: from Die tote Stadt
The renditions of these pieces that I prefer are respectively:
(1) Janet Baker
(2) Janet Baker or Brigitte Fassbaender or Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau (with Kletzki, but NOT Bernstein)
(3) Barbirolli/New Philharmonia
(4) Stephen Hough, Andrew Litton/Dallas SO
(5) Renee Fleming
Mahler: Der Abschied: from Das Lied von der Erde
Mahler: Adagietto: from Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninov: 18th variation from Paganini Variations
Korngold: Marietta's song: from Die tote Stadt
The renditions of these pieces that I prefer are respectively:
(1) Janet Baker
(2) Janet Baker or Brigitte Fassbaender or Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau (with Kletzki, but NOT Bernstein)
(3) Barbirolli/New Philharmonia
(4) Stephen Hough, Andrew Litton/Dallas SO
(5) Renee Fleming