Singapore Symphony Orchestra

It combines big choruses, memorable solos and vivid orchestral writing in a style that mixes Viennese, Polish and Slavonic accents. Graf, the Singapore SO’s music director, has edited the manuscript... — The Guardian, 27th April 2024 More…

It’s the second half of this disc that surely justifies the epithet ‘Russian spectacular’. I doubt whether you’d hear a more pulsating and brilliantly executed performance of the Lyapunov orchestration... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Russian mystic’s most layered, outlandish scores need state-of-the-art sound. Trust BIS to provide it from producer Robert Suff and sound engineer Fabian Frank, working in Singapore’s Esplanade... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

this is a superior collection for those who relish this lighter, sometimes naughtier side of Shostakovich. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Tod und Verklärung] Without question and in any event this is the lushest reading of the tone poem I have ever heard. Shui so richly blends his orchestra that one could at first think the horns... — Fanfare, September/October 2020 More…

There’s a palpable energy in this detailed live recording, Chua’s album debut. The Vivaldi’s familiar characteristics dazzle in a performance that is way beyond the teenager’s 16 years, and she... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…