Markus Stenz Mahler Cycle
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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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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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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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