Browse: SACD, Tchaikovsky (composer)

The sound is so stunningly present, so perfectly tailored, that I missed any sense of a single occasion. Details are amazing, for which I’m grateful, but sometimes they only add to a feeling... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Dalene’s freshness, vitality and interpretative charisma [in the Tchaikovsky] swept me along…If anything, the Barber is finer still, perhaps the closest anyone has yet come (at least on disc)... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

An energetic reading, robust, demonstrative, flashy…Let us bow before the purely technical qualties of Matsuev, who swallows the deadliest features with speed and sometimes staggering accuracy. — Diapason More…

an outstanding young artist at work...the early Tchaikovsky Scherzo brims over with panache and relish; and Islamey rivals even Berezovsky for the title of cleanest and most exhilarating account.... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2017 More…

Gergiev's frequent use of striking contrasts of tempos between themes, or even dramatic pauses, as in the slow movement, often makes Tchaikovsky's First sound like a close relation to a Bruckner... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Jurowski delivers the pas de deux and final “Apotheosis” with glowing emotion and excitement. In the face of such a satisfying reading, it’s hard to imagine anything better. — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

The Bergen Philharmonic proves an ideal instrument for one of Tchaikovsky's most magical scores. Neeme Jarvi's every demand is met with immaculate playing, recorded in a warm but not too resonant... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…