DVD Video, Sergiu Celibidache (conductor)

March to the Scaffold' may be slow, but this live performance, unfussily filmed, shows Celibidache moulding detail of balance and rubato to great effect. The sound is dry, and there are no... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Celibidache makes the most of Prokofiev's balletic moments, and has a keen sense of pacing and balance in Strauss. The sound could be more opulent, both from the orchestra, and as recorded. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Firm architecture, steadfast belief, sober conducting, no added rhetoric: these are the star qualities in Sergiu Celibidache's Bruckner — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

More spiritual, no-frills Brucnker from the Zen Buddhist conductor. The slow movement is lit with fervour, while the finale's last pages open heaven's doors. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Even with a reduced orchestra, Celibidache creates a full sound here. But there's also some energetic and precise phrasing, lightness in the fast movements, and obvious enjoyment from a beaming... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, 3 out of 5 stars More…

this is a conducting masterclass at a level of detail and insight that is rarely permitted today. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Sergiu Celibidache's Bruckner is often monumental. It is also revelatory in a way no other Bruckner conductor
equals. Celibidache conducts these great symphonies as if he were King Lear himself,... — MusicWeb International More…