Browse: RCO Live (label)

Janson's account, though edited together from several concerts, feels genuinely live… The Scherzo is carefully characterised, the Adagietto something of a triumph. The finale goes splendidly... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2008 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…

the brass playing is thrilling, delivering the ample, rounded tone characteristic of the Concertgebouw. The sonority is so impressive that Gatti’s deliberate pacing is effective. This release... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

Maris Janson's Brahms 2 is now top of my recommended list — BBC Music Magazine, Proms Issue 2005 More…

Denève’s spacious pacing is to the work’s advantage in many places…The tension of the final scene at the stake builds steadily, with superb French enunciation from both Dutch choruses and polished... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2019 More…

Haitink's supreme control of pacing [in the slow movement] ensures that all the pregnant silences in the music are imbued with a real sense of anxiety...Likewise Haitink's slow tempo in the main... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The magic of Jansons's conducting with the orchestra of which he is chief conductor could not be more compelling. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2008 More…