Browse: RCO Live (label)

The incisiveness of strings in the earth-tremors of the first movement, the luminous beauty of the horns and the trumpet seraphics come across beautifully in the most luminous of concert-halls…Watching... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, 3 out of 5 stars 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…

as good as live performance on CD can get — BBC Music Magazine, 5 out of 5 stars More…

One could go on about the beauties and musical virtues of this release, but suffice to say that it is by far the best Berlioz Requiem in years. — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2022 More…

Jansons' line up of Wagnerian soloists for this live Concertgebouw Mahler spectacular is possibly the most impressive since Georg Solti's classic 1971 recording...If this still doesn't rise quite... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 stars 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…

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…

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