ica classics

Klemperer underlines the grand architectural proportions of the German Requiem while piercing close to its spiritual heart...the performance itself builds in monumental intensity from a fairly... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

though I have heard performances of these two works that equal these, I can't think of any that surpass them...The sound is impressive, though both Concertos are in mono. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is an astounding disc. It contains some of the greatest piano playing I have ever heard, and the most profound interpretation of what is, for me, Beethoven's greatest piano work, the Hammerklavier... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

In Steinberg's Gloria, the choir's accent on 'hominibus' is just right: quiet, not overdone...Steinberg hammers out 'consubstantialem Patri' in fine style...Peter Meven intones the the opening... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2012 More…

Barbirolli's Haydn from 1969 is very much of its time, and not without some fine qualities. One can sense the affection in which the conductor held this work...The Symphonie fantastique finds... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

A sense of delight permeates his performance of the Ravel waltzes; he digs into the scrunchy textures and lets the composer's lime-and-soda harmonies fizz and gleam...Shame about the sound quality,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

unshowy, massively intelligent accounts...whose structures are architecturally drawn and finely delineated, with wonderful tone-quality in the slow movements. More physical, less spiritual than... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

His concert begins with Schubert’s Impromptu No.3 in B flat major from the D.935 set. There is such facility and tonal lustre here, and a dappled, songful lightness propelled by the deftest... — MusicWeb International, August 2012 More…

[Jacoby’s] playing is muscular and blends well with the Academy and Marriner, who have this music in their blood and play with their trademark urbanity and flexibility virtually throughout — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…