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…Christoph Eschenbach has such an acute feeling for the musical line - whether it is carried by the voices or the orchestra - and such a fine ear for aural perspective, that it all comes together... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, 5 out of 5 stars
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Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christine Schäfer (soprano) Orchestre de Paris Christoph Eschenbach Show 4 remaining tracks for Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony Op. 18 Hide 4 tracks for Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony Op. 18
July 2006
…Christoph Eschenbach has such an acute feeling for the musical line - whether it is carried by the voices or the orchestra - and such a fine ear for aural perspective, that it all comes together beautifully. Matthias Goerne is majestic and tender, and thrillingly true on every note. ...Christine Schäfer... sings with such character, passion and tender sensitivity that I feel faintly guilty for mentioning the odd tiny fault.
2010
There have been several memorable recordings of Zemlinsky's masterpiece and this one, the first for many years, can be placed in their company.
July 2006
Christoph Eschenbach and his soloists clearly agree that the Lyric Symphony is not simply an orchestral song-cycle but a symphonic music-drama: the resulting performance has all the vividness and immediacy of a live event… Matthias Goerne has the combination of vocal heft and lyric mellifluousness necessary to sustain the demanding lines of the work's four odd-numbered episodes. ...Goerne yields little in compelling characterisation to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau... Bryn Terfel... or Håkan Hagegård... Similarly, Christine Schäfer is a worthy successor to Julia Varady, Deborah Voigt and Alexandra Marc. She is especially convincing in the dramatic final stages of the second movement, and also in the expressionistic sixth. ...the orchestral playing throughout is superb.
