composed by Gustav Mahler design, art direction Le Studio be-poles liner notes [article, artists' biographies] Grove Music liner notes [english translation: producer's note] Noelle Knapp liner notes [essay] Erik Ryding liner notes [essay] Rebecca Pechefsky liner notes [french translation: article, artists' biographies] Matthew Briere liner notes [french translation: introduction, essay] Arnaud Kauffmann liner notes [french translation: producer's note] Dennis Collins liner notes [german translation: article, arists' biographies] Bernd Delfs liner notes [german translation: preface, introduction, essay] Birgit Janka liner notes [introduction] Tim Page liner notes [orchestra commentary] Otto Strasser liner notes [preface] Henry-Louis De La Grange liner notes [producer's note] Gottfried Kraus management [editorial director], a&r [a&r manager] Bradley Bambarger management [label editor] Jason Royal management [label manager], editor [translation editor] Carola Emrich producer, supervised by [artistic supervision] Gottfried Kraus remastered by [digital remastering] Othmar Eichinger research [research coordinator] Kazumi Umeda translated by [english translation: all song texts except symphony no. 4] Ulrike Sailer translated by [english translation: symphony no. 4 text] Jason Royal translated by [french translation: das lied von der erde, "ich atmet' einen linden duft", symphony no. 2 texts] Pierre-Martin Juban translated by [french translation: symphony no. 4 text, "wo die schönen trompeten blasen", "wer hat dies liedlein erdacht?"] Olympe Hispard translated by [french translation: symphony no. 4 text] Cécilia Fessler Phonographic Copyright (p) Andante Productions Ltd. Copyright (c) Andante Productions Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) Macmillan Publishers Ltd Copyright (c) Macmillan Publishers Ltd Copyright (c) Henry-Louis De La Grange Copyright (c) Tim Page Recorded At Großer Saal, Wiener Musikverein Remastered At Ton Eichinger Tracks 1-1 to 2-4 recorded on 15 May 1948 Tracks 3-1 to 3-7 recorded on 6 November 1955 Tracks 4-1 to 4-6 recorded on 17 May 1952
Presented as a hard cover 168-page book with 2 pouches at the front and two at the back housing the discs. Liner notes consist of a preface, introduction, producer's note, an essay, a commentary, an article, artists' biographies, notes about the Andante collection, andante.com and the restoration process, and the song texts. Liner notes are in English, French and German.
Printed and manufactured in France Barcode: 6 99487 49732 0 (Text) SPARS Code: ADD Other: ISBN 1-931893-13-6