BR Klassik

The centenary of German radio is marked here by works composed at the time. Spikily characterful dance suites by Toch, Weill and Bartók neatly sum up the era, while Krenek’s a cappella choral... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Considered as a pocket history of Messiaen’s large-scale writing, this set could hardly be improved upon...All five commercial recordings of La Transfiguration live up to the ambitions of the... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2022 More…

Jansons adopts...an approach which takes into consideration the historically informed approach of the last 30 years, but is still aware of what performances were like in the great German tradition...If... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Mariss Jansons leads live performances of Carmen-Suite and The Pines of Rome with electricity and pizzazz. Despite a slightly clumsy opening, it soon marches into strong and sturdy territory. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The late Stefan Soltész brings expert control to this challenging score, which is performed well enough by the Munich Radio Orchestra. The cast do a decent job, too, with Torsten Kerl’s powerful... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2023 More…

this is a performance that accumlates power and authority as it proceeds, and the blazing conviction they bring to the work's third and fourth movements - powerfully shaped by Peter Dijkstra... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Wunderlich delivers these operetta and light opera arias, not long recorded before his tragic death, with the same ardour and elegance that made him his generation’s leading Mozart tenor. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…