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To these ears, then as now, Jansons was in essence a loyal ambassador for Mravinsky’s interpretation and the Leningraders followed him every step of the way. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024 More…

I’d put this Fourth at the top of my pile for sheer belligerence and daring...this is a must-hear album and no mistake – and the Fourth is as good as it gets. — Gramophone Magazine, November 2022 More…

The way we hurtle towards the roaring declamation of the DSCH monogram in the central climax is wonderfully defiant. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2023 More…

the pick of the present generous collection comprising his thrillingly powerful traversal with the BBC SO from the 1973 Proms of Holst’s The Planets. With Boult at the helm of the orchestra... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2023 More…

this live Fifth Symphony from 1975 is luminous and beautiful in a way that sets it apart. Boult’s ability to evoke a captivating mood is remarkable here, in a work that often feels too placid... — Fanfare, Sep/Oct 2022 More…

I detect no lack of feeling or expressiveness in Rosbaud’s reading and he is not afraid to deploy a judicious amount of portamento. It’s good to hear a straightforward approach to this music...The... — MusicWeb International, 26th April 2013 More…

this is a stirring performance verging on greatness. — classicalsource.com, February 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The symphonic fragments from Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien – erotic almost to the point of indecency – are an absolute knockout, while La Mer is darkly turbulent...The Philharmonia's playing... — The Guardian, 11th October 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…