Markus Stenz Mahler Cycle
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Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Christiane Oelze (soprano) & Michael Volle (baritone)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz
Volle's military narratives are crisp and direct, with splendid fanfaring from the Cologne players, rather than heavy-laden...there's plenty of point and with from both the spotlit orchestral... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Christiane Oelze (soprano) & Michaela Schuster (mezzo)
Kartäuserkantorei Köln, Bach-Verein Köln & Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz
Markus Stenz's is the kind of lightening-flash, clearly etched interpretation I imagine Roger Norrington wanted over in Stuttgart...There's not much vibrato here, but plenty of portamento...as... — More…
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Whatever else it might miss, this Mahler Five is splendidly alive - a tree in full leaf indeed...Mahler lovers should investigate the singular vigour of the performance, captured in clear and... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Barbara Haveman (soprano), Orla Boylan (soprano), Christiane Oelze (soprano), Anna Palimina (soprano), Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano), Maria Radner (contralto), Brandon Jovanovich (tenor) & Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone)
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Girls and Boys of Choirs at the Cologne...
Stenz outdoes himself in finding a level of musical depth rarely plumbed in this piece. So too is he blessed with a roster of singers who view the music as more than merely a series of dramatic... — More…
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Everything we've come to expect from previous instalments reaches its apotheosis with these works. They may have been recorded in a studio...but there's still the same vividness and tendency... — More…
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Above all, Stenz makes no moves unlicensed by the demanding score, and his ear for immaculate balances is reflected in a recording which keeps everything in natural perspectives...You need more... — More…
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Everything we've come to expect from previous instalments reaches its apotheosis with these works. They may have been recorded in a studio...but there's still the same vividness and tendency... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Michaela Schuster (alto)
Güzenich-Orchester Köln, Mädchen und Knaben der Chöre am Kölner Dom, Damenchor der Oper Köln, Markus Stenz
this performance starts out particularly well. Stenz is good at grabbing the listener's ear with the dramatic gesture...More crucially...[he] keeps a firm grasp of those transition moments in... — More…
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...in the opening movement the chamber-musical balances are exemplary, the gurgling Cologne clarinets suitably animalistic and...the development gathers the necessary scary shadows. — More…
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