'Eiji Oue has made some great recordings for Reference, but this one is simply extraordinary. In its expressive intensity this performance clearly belongs with the best ever recorded. Add to all of this, sonics of drop-dead demonstration quality, and the result is without question a recording for the ages. Stunning.' -- David Hurwitz,CLASSICS TODAY. 

Michelle DeYoung (mezzo) and Jon Villars (tenor) -- two of America's mosts ought-after young singers -- are featured in this searing new performance of Mahler's greatest vocal work. 

The world-renowned Minnesota Orchestra in the first recordings with its dynamic new music director. Eiji Oue (A.G. OH-way), a former protege of Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa, has turned the entire Twin Cities area on its head with his exciting and masterful interpretations.

Track Listing:
MAHLER - Das Lied von der Erde / The Song of the Earth

Das Trinklied von Jammer der Erde (The Drinking Song ofEarth’s Sorrow)
Der Einsame im Herbst (The Lonely One in Autumn)
Von der Jugend (Of Youth)
Von der Schönheit (Of Beauty)
Der Trunkene im Früling (The Drunkard in Spring)
Der Abscheid (The Farewell)

Total running time - 66:37