Browse: Orchestral, Symphonies, Suk (composer)

If anything, Bělohlávek sounds even more fired-up [than on his previous recordings of these works]…His natural warmth and charm characteristically enchants the central scherzo’s prismatic textural... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Hrůša is seen in many ways as a successor to Bělohlávek, but while he shares his teacher’s care for the detail of the score and a deep understanding of the Czech repertoire he is very much his... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The symphony is attractively neat and satisfying, but Ripening is on a completely new emotional plane, with a Mahlerian juxtaposition of emotions, a scintillating emotional thrust and a virtuoso... — Classic FM Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is an important disc. Karel Ančerl was a great conductor, and his account of Suk’s masterpiece Asrael (Angel of Death) is superb, with a charming makeweight by Krejcl to follow. Do get this. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Ashkenazy stresses the lyricism as well as the anguish of Suk's score; this is a performance of great dignity and nobility, with fine attention to detail, especially in the often complex woodwind... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Jana Bousková, unquestionably a fine player, brings passion and flare to these well-recorded performances. This is certainly a recording for the harp aficionado. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

We are never in any doubt that Walter Weller feels the music deeply and has his players well-disciplined to give their all. His tempos are well-chosen...It is, in one sense, the most intimate... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…