Capriccio

Hard to believe that Mahler didn’t pilfer most of the ideas from the Scherzo of Rott’s beautifully orchestrated Symphony No. 1. This second volume continues a great introduction to an overlooked... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Fleet, idiomatic and clearsighted...I’m inclined to think it’s the finest performance of the score now available. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2023 More…

Mahler meets Hollywood meets Wagner. Hans Rott was a fine orchestrator – the concluding Pastoral Prelude should be heard more for its rollicking fugue alone. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

From the big-boned War and Peace suite to the refinement of the lyrical Harp Concerto, this makes an excellent introduction to Rota’s various talents as a composer. His 1967 Concerto for Strings,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The immediate and endearing [impression] is the consistent Hungarian inflections: a characteristic just as audible in his many film scores , whether the subject’s the amorous life of Sherlock... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 3 out of 5 stars More…

So much is beautiful in this great symphony, and throughout the four movements the great arches of sound are superbly performed by Poschner’s musicians... it is clear that the musicians believe... — MusicWeb International, January 2023 More…

A welcome disc of works by the German Romantic composer. The performances are robust; the symphony a discovery. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Poschner’s performance has the distinction of being the fastest on any official label and is enlivened by some notably vigorous playing, especially from the timpani, but does not compete in... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024 More…