Browse: SACD, Berg (composer)

…conductors as well as listeners can be distracted by the high-gloss surfaces of Berg's orchestration, especially in the Lulu Suite, but Gatti always draws the ear inwards, past smoochy saxophone... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2009 More…

Haefliger’s rich and varied tonal colouring provides tremendous music rewards in the Berg…The coruscating flourishes in the Liszt are vividly despatched…A good deal of the Beethoven is really... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, More…

Stefan Soltesz exercises impressive control over his excellent Essen team, and singer Julia Bauer also manages a welcome touch of coolness in the "Lied der Lulu"...The live performance of the... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010 More…

Thanks to the lucid conducting of Mario Venzago, the magnificent and fearless playing of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and a Chandos recording which combines clarity and enormous weight,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2009, More…

The ecstatic, tonality-bending music of the Norwegian Fartein Valen sits well with ethereal Webern plus better-known Messiaen, a challenge met by this fine choir — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, More…

Performances by the cool-voiced Julia Kleiter and pianist Michael Gees tend to have a leavening effect of the music. The sound quality (aided by a reverberant acoustic) is uniformly radiant,... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2013 More…

These two scores by master and pupil make an absorbing programme...Dabringhaus und Grimm's finely balanced recording captures a wealth of textural subtleties while not for a moment damping down... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013 More…

Stalwarts of the catalogue. The recordings sometimes feel artificially balanced, but Stern's muscular playing is well-served, and he digs deep in both concertos. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, More…