Browse: Orchestral, Dean, B (composer)

[Testament is] an evocative, powerful work, incisively played by the Bayerisches Staatsorchester under Vladimir Jurowski. Equally fresh in its impact, Symphony No. 2 is filled with vigorous vitality... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

…a magisterial performance, closely attentive to detail, in which the continental influences are highlighted as never before… The climax of 'Uranus' is a thriller: a massive build-up, with the... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This superb new release in BIS’s series devoted to Brett Dean takes its name of the longest piece in the collection…like everything here, it’s dispatched with breathtaking ease by the Swedish... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2016 More…

Some purists may take exception to Dausgaard’s tempos or dynamics here and there, but the Bach performances, for the most part, are crisp, lively and expressive, and the BIS recording vivid,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Amy Dickson is the star of this disc…thrilling performance and vivid recording. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Britten's] phantasmagorical and often lyrically haunting [Nocturne] provides an excellent showcase for several soloists in the orchestra. Clayton is most successful in Middleton's 'Midnight's... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2015 More…

The Australian composer's music is rendered with powerful immediacy… — Gramophone Magazine, November 2009 More…