"Adam Fischer ... regards Das Lied von der Erde as a difficult piece to deliver, and he is of course absolutely correct ... It should be said at the very outset that Fischer and his Düsseldorf players make the task of realising such a complicated score sound deceptively easy. Time and again they contrive to elucidate the most complex textures ... The playing is impeccable; and the recorded acoustic is warm without becoming over-resonant. Everyone concerned is to be congratulated on a magnificent tonal achievement ... Anna Larsson too is a very good singer, but in the contralto songs she is up against much more formidable competition in the shape of earlier rivals ... Indeed it should be said that this recording of Das Lied bears comparison with the very best of its highly distinguished competition"