Andrè Schuen and Daniel Heide present Gustav Mahler: Lieder
The new album brings together Songs of a Wayfarer, the Rückert-Lieder, the Kindertotenlieder and Urlicht
CAvi, a Deutsche Grammophon partner label, presents the first album devoted entirely to Mahler’s songs by Andrè Schuen and Daniel Heide
The album will be released on 9 October 2026 on CD and digitally
Featuring Songs of a Wayfarer, Rückert-Lieder, Kindertotenlieder and Urlicht.
Available digitally in SD, HD and Dolby Atmos, and physically as 1 CD (Jewel Case).
Gustav Mahler: Lieder – listen here: [Link]
“Perhaps this is the best way to engage with Mahler: not as something we understand once and for all, but as a lifelong conversation partner.”
Andrè Schuen
Baritone Andrè Schuen and pianist Daniel Heide return to CAvi, the Deutsche Grammophon partner label where their recording partnership began, with their first joint album devoted exclusively to Gustav Mahler. Gustav Mahler: Lieder brings together Songs of a Wayfarer, the Rückert-Lieder, the Kindertotenlieder and Urlicht. Following their acclaimed CAvi recordings of works by Schumann, Wolf, Martin, Beethoven, Britten and Schubert, the duo continues its exploration of the German Lied repertoire with some of Mahler’s most significant songs for voice and piano.
The recording is the culmination of more than a decade of performing Mahler’s songs together in recital. Over the years, Schuen and Heide have continually refined their interpretation in performance, shaping a reading that combines close attention to the text with a profound understanding of Mahler’s emotional and philosophical world. These songs give deeply moving expression to love and loss, memory and consolation, and the search for meaning.
Recorded at the Markus Sittikus Hall in Hohenems, Austria, one of the venues of the internationally renowned Schubertiade Festival, the album reflects the intimacy of the musical dialogue between the two artists. In his personal liner notes, Schuen describes Mahler as “a lifelong conversation partner” – a composer whose songs sometimes offer answers while also leaving essential questions open.
Track 9, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen from the Rückert-Lieder, will be available as an Instant Grat track from 25 September 2026. The complete album will be released on 9 October 2026, on CD in a jewel case and digitally in SD, HD and Dolby Atmos. The key track is Ging heut’ morgen übers Feld from Songs of a Wayfarer.
With Gustav Mahler: Lieder, Andrè Schuen and Daniel Heide continue an artistic exploration of Mahler developed over more than a decade, while opening a new chapter in their long-standing collaboration.
