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...
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Michaela Schuster (alto)
Güzenich-Orchester Köln, Mädchen und Knaben der Chöre am Kölner Dom, Damenchor der Oper Köln, Markus Stenz
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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...
About
The next disc in the hugely acclaimed series. Symphony No.2 (OC647) was a Classic FM Editor’s Choice: “All the enormity and intimacy of Mahler’s Second Symphony is here to be savoured.”
Contents and tracklist
- Michaela Schuster
- Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir, Cologne Opera Chorus, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Markus Stenz
I. Kraftig - Entschieden
Track length33:23
This track is only available as an album download.
VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden
Track length21:33
This track is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
July 2012
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 Mahler that separate mere traffic cops on the podium from those conductors fully able to link shifting personnel indicated in the score with the music's underlying emotional content.
