LPO

arguably the finest trio of soloists since the original performance under the composer...Christine Brewer, Gerald Finley, and Anthony Dean Griffey are all superb in their clean focus, pure and... — Penguin Guide, 2010 More…

All the virtues of Järvi's approach come together… in the Agnus Dei: beautifully paced and crafted, the performance captures superbly the radiance of Dvorák's vision of the hereafter. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The other jewel is Tennstedt’s Beethoven: Ninth Symphony, crackling with nervous energy from the start and showcasing the LPO’s intuitive relationship with its late lamented German chief. — Financial Times, 27 October 2007 More…

This may not be the finest performance of Beethoven's most forbidding work on disc, but it certainly ranks with the best...Eschenbach is his own man. In his hands, the work is more questioning... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Rhythmic impetus is paramount (helped by a generous percussion section, with incisive block chords for the chorus, and dramatic contrasts of tempo and dynamics... Kennedy maintains a searing... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2014 More…

It's an extraordinary interpretation: for one thing, at least in the first two movements, it must be the slowest account I've ever heard...Yet, to be fair, the effect is neither glacial nor... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The heroes are the London Philharmonic Choir members: trained by Richard Cooke, they are gloriously full-toned in loud passages and capable of the merest whisper without losing pitch. The orchestra,... — Classic FM Magazine, November 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The LPO and Choir provide serious nourishment while opening our ears to the sort of Christmas music that gets overlooked amid the tinsel...Jurowski makes an unlikely but worthy VW champion...All... — Financial Times, 4th December 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…