RCO Live

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…

Everything he does helps immaculate articulation; it can be fierce, but it's never wild. If you want to experience a Shostakovich Ten as beautiful sound, this is the recording for you, but it's... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The playing is beautiful, especially some of the woodwind solos; the string tone is rich and varied… It is also good to hear an interpretation that reminds one how much the younger Sibelius... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 3 out of 5 stars More…