Film

Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction

197248m

Director: Humphrey Burton
Year: 1972

During a break in rehearsals with the Israel Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein sat down at the piano to film an introduction to the poetry and music of Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.

Top cast

Leonard Bernstein

Self (conductor and commentator)

Christa Ludwig

Self (soprano)

René Kollo

Self (tenor)

Directed by

Humphrey Burton