| Format | Super Audio CD |
| Ordering Number | OC 657 |
| Barcode | 4260034866577 |
| label | OehmsClassics |
| Release date | 7/3/2010 |
| salesrank | 5895 |
| Players/Contributors | Musicians
Composer
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Gustav Mahler
Songs from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Michael Volle, baritone
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Markus Stenz, conductor
Mahler‘s songs from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” are
closely related to his 2nd, 3rd and 4th symphonies.
This series of Wunderhorn songs thus follows
the release of Mahler‘s Fourth Symphony in
the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln‘s complete Mahler
cycle. The Wunderhorn song recording ends with
„Himmlischen Leben“, which is the same song that
closes the Fourth Symphony.
Christiane Oelze and Michael Volle alternate as
soloists; some songs they sing as duets. In his Mahler
symphony cycle project, conductor Markus Stenz succeeds
right from the start in creating an unmistakable
sound, which – without resorting to any non-textual
effusiveness or cheap showmanship – demonstrates
a very personal character that makes this cycle significant
and interesting, despite the many of its kind.
And the sound quality of these recordings, made in
audiophile SACD format, can hardly be surpassed.