ica classics

Rozhdestvensky shows a master’s touch – not a whiff of vulgarity – and the orchestra plays with finesse and brilliance. Janácek’s Taras Bulba, recorded at a 1981 Prom, is another sizzler. — Financial Times, 7th December 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Jurowski’s characteristically no-nonsense and sometimes rather brisk approach informs this account by the Moscow-based State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia…Throughout, the playing is crisp... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

though it has been issued on various labels, this ICA Classics recording is the best I have heard...after Act 1, in which [Callas] still does many wonderful things, her performance is on a level... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

These performances would surpass all superlatives under any circumstance, but what makes them especially incredible is that, despite Boult being in his nineties, they sound like the interpretations... — Classic FM Magazine, August 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The symphonic fragments from Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien – erotic almost to the point of indecency – are an absolute knockout, while La Mer is darkly turbulent...The Philharmonia's playing... — The Guardian, 11th October 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

His Brahms Third Symphony is idiomatic in a traditional German way, while his Debussy La Mer has a thrilling boldness that does not preclude many subtleties. Best of all is Janet Baker singing... — Financial Times, 22nd February 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…