Mahler-Werfel: The Complete Songs - Sämtliche Lieder

The first absolutely complete recording of the songs by Alma Mahler-Werfel, including two recently discovered and to date unpublished songs ("Leise weht ein erstes" Bluhn and "Kennst du meine Nachte"), all in stunning orchestral arrangements by Julian Reynolds. Soloist is the world-famous soprano Charlotte Margiono, star of a great many superb recordings with such conductors as John Eliot Gardiner and Nicolaus Harnoncourt. In the 32 page booklet texts and translations of the songs, a superlative introduction to Alma Mahler-Werfel as composer by American musicologist Susan M. Filler and a contribution by Julian Reynolds about his orchestrations of the songs; also a very personal and warm introduction by Marina Mahler, granddaughter of Gustav and Alma Mahler and keeper of the Mahler estate.