Comprises one volume of a 15-disc (in 14 containers) boxed set. On outer container: BMG Classics: 09026-61893-2. Text of the 2nd work by Friedrich Hölderlin, of the 3rd work after Friedrich Rückert. Analog recordings. Durations: 35:05; 12:55; 21:43. Program notes, principally about the conductor's involvement with the pieces on this recording, by Richard Freed, and German texts with English translations of the 1st-2nd works (10 p. : ill.) inserted in inner container. Marian Anderson, contralto (3rd work) ; Stanford University Chorus (2nd work) ; San Francisco Symphony ; Pierre Monteux, conductor. The 1st work recorded Apr. 4, 1951, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco; the 2nd recorded Apr. 19, 1949, the 3rd Feb. 26, 1950.
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Kindertotenlieder. Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n! ; Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle ; Wenn dein Mütterlein ; Oft dink' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen ; In diesem Wetter! / Mahler.
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