RCO Live

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... — 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…

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…