Browse: Markus Stenz Mahler Cycle (series)

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... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009 More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

...in the opening movement the chamber-musical balances are exemplary, the gurgling Cologne clarinets suitably animalistic and...the development gathers the necessary scary shadows. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2012 More…

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... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2013 More…