ica classics

Cherishable 1977 performances from one of the last of the 'old school' of conductors, seen here at the top of his game, relishing every moment as though it might be his last. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Some of the most expert playing here comes in the Beethoven Symphonies, in which strings demonstrate effortless synchronisation and winds pass phrases between one another seamlessly....[Munch]... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Captured in satisfyingly full-blooded 'enhanced mono' sound (with just an occasional patch of pre- and post-echo) both symphonies receive top-class advocacy...What an enviably secure and commandingly... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2013 More…

from the very opening bars of the Mozart it's evident that the conductor is absolutely in control, delivering wonderfully instinctive melodic phrasing, and inspiring the English Chamber Orchestra... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

High-powered, boldly etched, larger-than-life, impassioned 1980s performances — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Featuring the original cast of Ashton's heart-warming romance, this 1962 black and white film is a treasure. Nerina and Blair are sprightly, and there's a touch of genius to Grant's Alain. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

A hard-driven but very exciting Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 and Beethoven's Egmont from 1969 is countered by a delightful, stylish Mozart's Posthorn Serenade. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Exhilarating performances of Mozart's Linz and Prague Symphonies and a splendid Handel Water Music, all from 1959-60. Occasional picture fuzziness. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…