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If not every note is in place, [Du Pré] displays that electrifying rhythmic instinct that characterises her best performances, and long-breathed melodies are sung with utter naturalness…This... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

An ideal ensemble is headed by Corena's robustly restrained Falstaff and Giulini, livelier than in later years — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 5 out of 5 stars 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…

though it has been issued on various labels, this ICA Classics recording is the best I have heard...after Act 1, in which [Callas] still does many wonderful things, her performance is on a level... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Jurowski’s characteristically no-nonsense and sometimes rather brisk approach informs this account by the Moscow-based State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia…Throughout, the playing is... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Rozhdestvensky shows a master’s touch – not a whiff of vulgarity – and the orchestra plays with finesse and brilliance. Janácek’s Taras Bulba, recorded at a 1981 Prom, is another sizzler. — Financial Times, 7th December 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" is a powerfully emotional piece under any baton, but in this shattering interpretation Bashmet digs down to its darkest depths to reveal its true Slavic soul. And... — The Observer, 8th May 2011 More…