RCO Live

This great programmatic symphony has never sounded as serene or tragic as it does in this live performance…The playing is immaculate, the interpretation all-of-a-piece. In the core Karajan repertory,... — Financial Times More…

this is wonderful, sensuous, lush sound … Jansons has a great sensitivity to style. — CD Review, 9th July 2016 More…

Recorded live in Nov 2017, this is a beautifully detailed, sweeping performance. Soprano Julia Kleiter is superb in the final movement. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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…

there's much to admire about the sophisticated Concertgebouw colouration, and how well it words in the fabulous hall as recorded here. You know you're in good company as the eight horns bellow... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Jansons’s performances of the Symphonies Nos 6 and 7 take the music out of the imposing gloom of the cathedral and into the bright, fresh air. Everything feels light and fluid, like a graceful... — Financial Times, 10th April 2015 More…

magnificent. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…