Markus Stenz
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R. Strauss: Don Quixote & Till Eulenspiegel
with Alban Gerhardt (cello) & Lawrence Power (viola)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz
Stenz gets the proportions exactly right. He plunges us into the delirium of the melancholy hero's addled brain with a clarity pointing forward to Schoenberg's First Chamber Symphony...Adventurous... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, Disc of the month
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedBarbara Haveman (soprano), Claudia Mahnke (mezzo), Brandon Jovanovich (tenor), Gerhard Siegel (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone), Johannes Martin Kränzle (speaker)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Domkantorei Köln, Männerstimmen des Kölner Domchores, Vokalensemble Kölner Dom, Chor des Bach-Vereins Köln,...
makes a vivid and spacious overall impression thanks to the alternately measured and passionate sway of Markus Stenz and the golden tones of the Gurzenich Orchestra. It is also strongly cast... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th June 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Choral
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Special offer. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Orchestral Works Vol. 3
Lawrence Power (viola), Michael Collins (clarinet), Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Markus Stenz, Marin Alsop, Vladimir Jurowski
The three most substantial works on this CD are concertos in all but name, each a valuable addition to the repertoire...[On opened ground] finds Power making wonderful sense of Turnage’s alternately... — More…
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Special offer. Berio, MacMillan, Verbey: Trombone Concertos
Jörgen van Rijen (trombone)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Iván Fischer, Markus Stenz and Ed Spanjaard
Trombonist Jörgen van Rijen is a force to be reckoned with – his scintillating playing brings these three thrilling modern concertos to life. The Royal Concertgebouw is on superb form. — More…
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Michael Daugherty: American Icons
Charles Ullery (bassoon), Lisa Bielawa, Alex Sweeton (vocalists)
London Sinfonietta, Dogs of Desire, David Zinman, Markus Stenz, David Alan Miller, Michael Daugherty
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Special offer. Glanert: Caligula
Ashley Holland (Caligula), Michaela Schuster (Caesonia), Martin Wölfel (Helicon), Gregory Frank (Cherea), Jurgita Adamonyte (Scipio), Hans-Jürgen Lazar (Mucius), Dietrich Volle (Mereia, Lepidus), Barbara Zechmeister (Livia), Constantin Neiconi, Michael Schulte, Jin Soo Lee, Matthias Holzmann (Vier...
Ashley Holland in the title-role shapes his own arioso reflections on loneliness with suavity under pressure and the supporting cast seems admirably secure for a first performance; doubtless... — More…
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Opera, November 2010, Recording of the Month
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MacMillan: St. Luke Passion
RecommendedPeter Dicke (organ)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Choir & National Youth Choir, Markus Stenz
The music is good at portraying the extremes of almighty power. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th April 2015
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Special offer. Adès: Arcadiana and other works
RecommendedLondon Sinfonietta, Endellion String Quartet, King's College Cambridge Choir, Markus Stenz
These five pieces suggest a composer as delightedly surprised by his prodigal inventiveness as we are. Arcadiana, for example, is a seven-movement string quartet whose central and longest movement... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Editor's Choice
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Hartmann, K: Simplicius Simplicissimus
Juliane Banse (soprano), Peter Marsch (tenor), Will Hartmann (tenor)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Markus Stenz
Leading a strong cast, Juliane Banse as the shepherd brilliantly meets the soprano part's technical challenges while evoking the naivety of the idealistic character...[Stenz] proves himself... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Editor's Choice
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R. Strauss: Four Last Songs
RecommendedAnne Schwanewilms (soprano), with Jutta Böhnert (Sophie) & Regina Richter (Octavian)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz
There’s some wonderful singing [in the Capriccio extract]...She’s also excellent as Arabella. At the start of the solo her singing is touching and with a hint of vulnerability to it. Later...she... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th July 2012
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