Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn & Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn & Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez
[ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 10 November 2010
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"...the Cleveland Orchestra's elegant subtlety almost passes belief in the adagio from the unfinished Tenth Symphony...But the voices inevitably take pride of place, with the baritone Christian Gerhaher superbly characterised." (The Times)
"The musical future is thrillingly present in this searing live performance...Gerhaher and Boulez together explore and recreate that fragile warmth of nostalgia. The lithe, toned muscle of both orchestra and voice, everywhere meticulously balanced, maximises each expressive nuance."
(BBC Music)
"Boulez the arch-modernist unsurprisingly emphasises the grinding dissonances in Mahler's only completed movement from his Tenth Symphony. But in the song cycle "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" he belies his reputation for clinical coolness with a lovely lyricism"
(Daily Telegraph)
"...the Cleveland Orchestra's playing (in a concert at its home at Severance Hall last February) is fabulously precise and refined, while Magdalena Kožená (despite the occasional uncertain intonation) and Christian Gerhaher lavish immense care on colouring and inflecting every phrase."
(The Guardian)
"...the Cleveland Orchestra's elegant subtlety almost passes belief in the adagio from the unfinished Tenth Symphony...But the voices inevitably take pride of place, with the baritone Christian Gerhaher superbly characterised, clear as a bell, and the mezzo Magdalena Kozená distinctive if slightly muffled. It's a wonderful disc, regardless."
(The Times)
