Performance and Recording History
The first performance of Das klagende Lied took place on 17 February 1901 in Vienna with Mahler himself conducting, and it was in this two-part version that the work was published and entered the repertoire. Once the manuscript of the original three-part version came to light in 1969, however, the earlier score came to be regularly performed and recorded as well. The score of the three-part version was published as part of the Gustav Mahler Edition in 1997.
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