The 1st work for reciters, soloists (SAT), chorus, and orchestra; the 2nd-3rd works for mezzo-soprano and orchestra. Text of the 1st work taken from letters of condemned WW II Resistance fighters; the letters are also read during this performance. The 1st work sung in Italian; the 2nd-3rd works sung in German. Subtitle for Kindertotenlieder: Song cycle on poems by Friedrich Rückert. Compact disc. Program notes and texts in English, German, French and Italian (52 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Berliner Philharmoniker ; Claudio Abbado, conductor. In the Nono: Susanne Lothar, Bruno Ganz, reciters ; Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Susanne Otto, mezzo-soprano ; Marek Torzewski, tenor ; Rundfunkchor Berlin ; Dietrich Knothe, chorusmaster. In the Mahler: Marjana Lipovšek, mezzo-soprano. Recorded live, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany, December 9-11, 1992 (Nono) ; September 3 and 4, 1992 (Mahler).
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