Gustav Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - Five Selected Songs for Clarinet and Piano arranged by Ronald Kornfeil edited and revised by Andreas Ottensamer. Universal Edition, 2015, SS, 25 + 9 pages. This volume contains a selection of five songs by Gustav Mahler. The composer's rich song output includes his Wunderhorn songs, the Songs of a Wayfarer, the Rückert songs, the Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) as well as movements from his symphonies and The Song of the Earth. This book includes a selection of pieces that best suit the sound of the clarinet while providing plenty of variety. They are Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, Lob des hohen Verstandes, Verlorne Müh, Rheinlegendchen, and Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen. The arrangements transform Mahler's songs from their original conception for voice and piano or orchestral accompaniment into a purely instrumental dialog between two equally important instrumentalists. In most cases the colorful orchestral versions provide the starting point. The omission of the text also demands different compositional techniques to bring out the various effects between indulgent sweetness and grotesque irony. (C2432)