The 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…

Steinaecker 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…

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…

What fascinated Schönberg, Berg, and the avant-gardists after Mahler in this symphony—so strikingly lacking a tonal designation—has never been made so obvious as in this recording. Especially since the revolutionary quality does not remain confined to the…