Mahler’s “Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde)” is featured on the “Evening Concert”.
The "Song of the Earth" was originally published as a "Symphony" with vocal soloists, rather than some other music "form", like oratorio or aria.
Bachfest 02 from “Deutsche Welle Festvial Concerts”: Bach Cantata #21
Bach wrote over 100 cantatas. The Cantata #21 (I had much affliction) is one of Bach's more famous cantatas.
Early Music, Mussorgsky, Mahler, Ginastera, Franck and others on the “Evening Concert”
You'll hear music by Monteverdi, "Pictures at an Exhibition", the "2nd Symphony" (Resurrection), String Quartets, and the Piano Quintet in F Minor among other works this week
Mahler’s monumental “Third Symphony” on “The New York Philharmonic This Week”
The work dates from the middle of the first decade of the 20th century and includes a mezzo-soprano soloist plus two choirs: a women's choir and a boys choir.
Maestro Muti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s “4th” Symphony
Mahler, after Beethoven, included the human voice as an 'instrument' of the orchestra in many of his symphonies, including the Finale of the 4th Symphony.