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The keynote here is momentum, never forced except when it needs to feel that way...Right from the way Chailly flecks the short note of the cellos' opening arrhythmia, there's a superhuman level... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Leipzig players do [Chailly] proud. There are so many stunning solos, from tenor horn at the start to the first trumpet who never splits brilliant top notes in the finale, that names should... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Chailly takes us on a journey from darkness to light...He's a pleasure to watch, being neither over-demonstrative nor affectedly matter-of-fact. He looks like what he's conducting and one sense... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2014 More…

There is nothing inappropriate or anticlimactic about this performance…You can see the right emotions featured in Chailly’s face. His eyes are shut, Karajan-like, at the creation of the world,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

How good to see Riccardo Chailly so radiant at the end of this great event. It's an exhilaration he earns through sheer work as well as injecting the adrenalin at most of the right moments...Chailly... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

As recorded in Leipzig's handsome new(ish) Gewandhaus Hall, the sound is a feast in its own right - a lovely balance of clarity, spaciousness, and glowing warmth. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

abundant virtues...a sense of naturally flowing tempi, an ear for inner parts within the whole, a vitality that captures the pristine glow of this most innocent of all Mahler symphonies. Chailly... — Financial Times, 4th May 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…