RCO Live

With its roster of star conductors specialising in contemporary music, and recordings of superfine technical quality, this well-filled disc provides satisfaction and provocation in equal measure. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

These are highly accomplished performances, the players blending beautifully — Gramophone Magazine, March 2016 More…

Consolation, tonal and spiritual, arrives with the new recording from Mariss Jansons…in the unforced transparency of the Concertgebouw, hall and ensemble, every strand is audible, nothing is... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2015 More…

Benjamin’s song cycle … has a warm (and sometimes searing) sensuality which is eloquently projected by Bejun Mehta … Tan Dun’s Wolf… [is] a virtuoso vehicle for bass player Dominic Seldis, and... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The performances here could hardly be faulted for their commitment, with the wide-ranging SACD sound and overall presentation up to the consistently high standard of earlier releases in this... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

it's always a pleasure to hear warm Concertgebouw horns in noble ensemble, and the woodwind do beautiful things with the second of the heavenly visions in the [first] movement...Bernarda Fink... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…Mariss Jansons's… great lover is beefier if less nimble-footed than George Szell's (on Sony), with the woodwind repeated-note support crystal clear behind spacious strings. …Jansons's…Alpine... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Stensvold's Dutchman is noble and warm-toned, but conveys little deep feeling...That leaves the honours to Jane Henschel's lively Mary, and still more to Anja Kampe's Senta. Her voice has hardened... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…