Philipp von Steinaecker, a conductor of clear gesture and deep musical thought, impressed with an agile, highly animated approach which—stripped of all artifice—revealed a background closely linked to historically informed performance practice. This translated into readings attentive…
ReadSteinaecker plays out this high-wire act with courage and conviction, pushing it to the very edge without ever letting the thread snap…. He and the MCO do not shy away from the abyssal shadows lurking beneath the…
ReadThe name Philipp von Steinaecker is one to remember. (…) The polyphony of lament, rage, and despair—so vividly present, for example, in the first movement—here crashes over the listener in stirring complexity. Even the slightest gradations of…
Read“An effective antidote to Mahler as usual: More suffering, more despair, more surrealism, more melancholy, more dreams of triumph, more disturbance. More Mahler…More suffering, more despair, more surrealism, more melancholy, more dreams of triumph, more disturbance. More…
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