Following his triumphant release of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection," on Oehms Classics in 2011, Markus Stenz presents the next work in the cycle, the Symphony No. 3 in D minor, with a comparably high level of interpretive skill, formal clarity, and expressive power. Leading the Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, with contralto Michaela Schuster, the women and children of the choir of Cologne Cathedral, and the women's chorus of the Cologne Opera, Stenz shapes this sprawling work into a comprehensible ...
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Following his triumphant release of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection," on Oehms Classics in 2011, Markus Stenz presents the next work in the cycle, the Symphony No. 3 in D minor, with a comparably high level of interpretive skill, formal clarity, and expressive power. Leading the Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, with contralto Michaela Schuster, the women and children of the choir of Cologne Cathedral, and the women's chorus of the Cologne Opera, Stenz shapes this sprawling work into a comprehensible and transcendent whole, and the flow of the six movements is enhanced by the momentum he maintains from beginning to end. The last thing anyone wants is a sluggish or heavy Third, not merely because of the symphony's extraordinary length, but also because much of the music should be bright and ethereal. The musicians make this a reasonably fleet performance, timed at a surprising 94 minutes. More importantly, the symphony is infused with a feeling of childlike wonder, in keeping with...
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Add this copy of Symphony No. 3 to cart. $21.99, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Oehms Classics.
