ica classics

[a] deeply felt Requiem, still high-voltage despite mono sound. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

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

John Nelson, most readily identified with the music of Berlioz, proves himself an instinctive Mozartian, as sensitive to the delicacy of the composer’s orchestration as he is responsive to the... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2024 More…

[Svetlanov's] right on top of his game in this performance and so too are the Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra.The music leaps out of the loudspeakers right from the start...This is a tremendous,... — MusicWeb International, August 2012 More…

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…

These performances, taken from 1960 radio broadcasts, were the last Mitropoulos gave. During the symphony’s huge first movement, he suffered a heart attack; and, though he went on conducting,... — Sunday Times, 8th May 2011, 2 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…