Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde, the opening song from Das Lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler; performed by Placido Domingo with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting.
This is a recording I was
prepared to hate, what with Mr. Three Tenors, his over-the-hill John
Denver recording self, it is sometimes easy to forget what a great
musician P. Dingo is. This is terrific. He's a biting fiery drunkard
giving a gutsy performance. Salonen is fantastic all the way through
Das Lied. It's the kind of performance I was expecting from Boulez,
richly detailed, all the birdsongs and such, but with more oomph than
the master eventually delivered.
