Vintage Vanguard Stereolab reel-to-reel release of Gustav Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn (“The Youth’s Magic Horn”), featuring Maureen Forrester, Heinz Rehfuss, the Symphony Orchestra of the Vienna Festival, and conductor Felix Prohaska. This 4 track, 7 1/2 IPS stereo tape is marked catalog number VGC 2154 and includes a substantial song program drawn from Mahler’s Wunderhorn settings. The package notes that full texts and translations are enclosed, and the rear panel identifies the recording as mastered and duplicated with Ampex professional recorders. A strong classical vocal/orchestral title with attractive period packaging and detailed program notes.

Details:
Composer: Gustav Mahler
Title: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth's Magic Horn)
Performers: Maureen Forrester (contralto), Heinz Rehfuss (bass / bass-baritone)
Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the Vienna Festival
Conductor: Felix Prohaska
Label / Series: Vanguard Stereolab
Catalog Number: VGC 2154
Format: 4 Track, 7 1/2 IPS, Stereo reel-to-reel tape

Condition: 

This tape sounds very good. The box has a tear on the corner edge and the reel label is partially torn off. See photos. 

Track Listing

Side One: 
1. Reveille
2. Das irdische Leben (Life on Earth)
3. Lob des hohen Verstandes (Praise of Intellect)
4. Rheinlegendchen (Rhine Legend)
5. Der Schildwache Nachtlied (Sentinel's Night Song)
6. Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
7. Verlor'ne Muh (Labor Lost)

Side Two: 
1. Der Tamboursg'sell (The Drummer Boy)
2. Trost im Ungluck (Comfort in Sorrow)
3. Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen (Where the Shining Trumpets Blow)
4. Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (St. Anthony and the Fishes)
5. Lied des Verfolgten im Turm (Song of the Prisoner in the Tower)
6. Urlicht (Primeval Light)