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Label:
   Oehms Classics - http://www.oehmsclassics.de/
Serial:
   OC 646
Title:
   Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Stenz
Description:
   Mahler: Symphony No. 1 "Titan"

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Markus Stenz (conductor)
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Genre:
   Classical - Orchestral
Content:
   Stereo/Multichannel
Media:
   Hybrid
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Submitted by Polly Nomial
 
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Site review by Polly Nomial September 7, 2012
Performance:  Sonics (MC):
This disc has to stand comparison to many of the favoured SACD Mahler first symphony recordings (Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Fischer, Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Haitink and Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Orozco-Estrada are 3 very fine but very different approaches to the work) not to mention the other (at time of writing) 27 incarnations on this medium alone! Like an increasing number (including Haitink's and Orozco-Estrada'a) this disc is an edited compilation of concert performances. Unlike theirs and Fischer's, there are many times when the raw playing and strained intonation reveal the source of the playing.

If these rough-edges were accompanied by a riveting approach from the podium, staggering recording and charismatic playing then they could be overlooked. Sadly none of these 3 aspects is there to consistently redeem the faults that nag ever more insistently on repetition. The playing and conducting are both good (pace the odd less than graceful moment already mentioned) but they are not completely top-drawer either. The recording if anything is too good for it readily draws the ear to both audience participation and the occasional slips in the execution.

In such a competitive field, it is hard to recommend this to anyone other than those committed to the cycle and wanting to have all issues in it.

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