BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The only other recording of these ballets [The Golden Goose, The Morning of the Year] apart from ones of Imogen Holst's collations - is Hilary Davan Wetton's for Hyperion (1995), coupled with... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Skride's way with Stravinsky's Violin Concerto confirms it as a masterpiece of grace, charm and scintillating joie de vivre...Skride engages happily with the [Martin's] beguiling range of light... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Inevitably when such a breadth of repertoire is being covered, we’re talking movements rather than complete works, but it’s been sympathetically programmed, and consequently the transitions... — Charlotte Gardner, bbc.co.uk, 15th October 2009 More…

Natural balances spotlight Fischer's hard work with textures, and how well he conjures the orchestral harmonica...The flecks of light over Liadov's Enchanted Lake are nicely caught, too — BBC Music Magazine, March 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

this is a no-nonsense, hard-driven account of the Rite, sure to raise the pulse rate. Both the 'Dance of the earth' and 'Sacrificial Dance' combine searing energy and precision. At times it... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This fresh sounding live recording from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer, the first made in the BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, certainly has a sense of occasion about... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Originally for just 20 instruments, Schmitt shortened and revised Salomé, creating a richly orchestrated tour de force. Thierry Fischer is a committed advocate of this often mesmerizing score,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…