Kent Nagano

These are stimulating versions of two favourite concertos, which take a fresh interpretative approach. Nikolai Lugansky's conception is spacious, with pianist and conductor taking time to relish... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

These are superlative performances of these extremely familiar works...The give and take between Fellner and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra is uncanny, in that they seem to be questioning or... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Lugansky delivers] the percussive clangour of the [Grieg] Finale's concluding bars with incredible bravado...This takes its place alongside the finest performances...The Grieg is also impressive.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Beside this, other recent violin concertos shrivel: this is a work that sings and soars with a visionary beauty rare in contemporary music. Against a vague, swirling background, the violinist... — The Times, 31st July 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s no recording yet of his 2017 opera The Girl of the Golden West (you can blame the industry’s economics), but every other milestone since the mid-1980s is here in performances that continue... — Sunday Times, 7th December 2022 More…

[Wan's] sweet, even tone and unshowy brilliance put me in mind of his fellow Canadian James Ehnes, while the longstanding working relationship of soloist and conductor makes for a happy partnership... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…

[Ginastera] Wan rises to the occasion in this performance, bringing the same smoothness we hear in the Serenade. His poise in the opening solo cadenza (which lasts for 6:29) stresses its musicality... — Fanfare, May/June 2021 More…