FLAC tracks | Classical | 01:08:51 | 251 MbDavid John Pike, one of Canada’s leading baritone singers, and the great English organist David Briggs present Mahler: Orchestral Songs – The Organ Transcriptions, an astounding new album offering renditions of three cycles of lieder by Gustav Mahler. The recording of these opulent scores on the phenomenal new Eule organ at the Konstantin-Basilika in Germany, has an immediate appeal. The organ’s atonal spectrum and the wondrous acoustic of the basilica give a unique and thrilling dimension to the music. About this recording, Briggs wrote: “I was delighted with David Pike asked me to work with him to record these three wonderful Mahler song cycles. There are many pre-existing recordings with piano accompaniment, but the opportunity to register these opulent scores on the phenomenal new Eule organ at the Konstantin-Basilika, taking the music back to it’s very core and recasting it anew, was something that had an immediate appeal…”Tracklist:[04:12] 01. David John Pike, David Briggs – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: I. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[04:33] 02. David John Pike, David Briggs – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: II. Ging heut’ Morgen über’s Feld (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[03:24] 03. David John Pike, David Briggs – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: III. Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[05:34] 04. David John Pike, David Briggs – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: IV. Die zwei blauen Augen (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[05:16] 05. David John Pike, David Briggs – Kindertotenlieder: I. Nun will die Sonn‘ so hell (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[05:13] 06. David John Pike, David Briggs – Kindertotenlieder: II. Nun seh‘ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[04:20] 07. David John Pike, David Briggs – Kindertotenlieder: III. Wenn dein Mütterlein (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[02:45] 08. David John Pike, David Briggs – Kindertotenlieder: IV. Oft denk ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[06:54] 09. David John Pike, David Briggs – Kindertotenlieder: V. In diesem Wetter (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[05:15] 10. David John Pike, David Briggs – Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Urlicht (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[01:36] 11. David John Pike, David Briggs – Rückert-Lieder: I. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[02:34] 12. David John Pike, David Briggs – Rückert-Lieder: II. Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[07:08] 13. David John Pike, David Briggs – Rückert-Lieder: III. Um Mitternacht (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[02:16] 14. David John Pike, David Briggs – Rückert-Lieder: IV. Liebst du um Schönheit (Arr. for Voice and Organ)[07:45] 15. David John Pike, David Briggs – Rückert-Lieder: V. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Arr. for Voice and Organ)