LPO

The three most substantial works on this CD are concertos in all but name, each a valuable addition to the repertoire...[On opened ground] finds Power making wonderful sense of Turnage’s alternately... — Financial Times, 15th December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Don Juan...gives any account in the catalogue a run for its money in terms of sheer elan, and bristles with energy, The LPO's playing is vibrant and full of the sense of a live performance...the... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2014 More…

Both Sibelius works come across very strongly here...Saraste sees these works whole. Always the right thing seems to happen at the right time. The sense of growth from a simple but potent musical... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Violin Concerto] Repin has a superb sense of line and a wonderful cantabile. Tensile and lyrical, his playing is mesmeric. The LPO are also on form, the Scherzo stunning in every respect. A... — Classical Music, September 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Tennstedt’s Petrushka has a rugged feel…The orchestra really digs into the score, relishing its earthy, folklike qualities…The 1919 Firebird Suite is – forgive the pun – a slow burn of a performance.... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2018 More…

Older conductors have a knack of searching out the metaphysical in Bruckner...Tempi are wonderfully sustained – “old” does not always mean “slow” – and climaxes are reached patiently and lyrically,... — Financial Times, 17th August 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

so wholeheartedly is Jurowski immersed in its [the Overture’s] spirit. — Classical Ear, 10th April 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

…Finn Paavo Berglund is now the composer's most authoritative living interpreter. Hearing his live recording of the Seventh Symphony, a lifetime's questioning distilled in a single monolithic... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…