Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

This song-cycle - the title, roughly translated, means Songs of a Wayfarer - is
earliest work by Mahler to have achieved a place the regular repertoire. It is the
product of Mahler's unhappy love affair at Kassel with the soprano Johanna
Richter. The texts, save for the opening song, are by the composer.

The original version was composed for voice and piano, probably in 1884-5,
but Mahler orchestrated it in 1891-3 and 1896. The first performance was
given in Berlin on March 16, 1896.

And, as is obvious, I am still working on this section, as I am on the other
song-cycles. Please (continue to) be patient.

in the meantime, the recordings of Fischer-Dieskau (with either Furtw绅gler
or Kubelik), Hampson, Ludwig and Baker can all safely be recommended.