Browse: Lan Shui (conductor)

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…

The textural smoothness works well in the outer Nocturnes (especially in “Sirènes,” where the Philharmonic Chamber Choir of Europe shares the same silkiness), while the central “Fétes” lacks... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 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…

an unequivocally world-class performance — BBC Music Magazine More…

It’s a controversial version, but magnificently played by the Tonhalle, a fitting climax to this rewarding cycle. — Sunday Times, 23rd January 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…