Browse: Mariinsky (label)

The enticement lies with the Fifth Symphony, which receives an overwhelming reading. Gergiev approaches the score with the abandon and Romantic fervor of Stokowski, Abendroth, and Koussevitzky,... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

such is the poignancy and sensitivity with which Gergiev shapes the world-weary melodies that I was immediately won over...[in the Finale] Gergiev exerts a much tauter control over proceedings,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Ekaterina Semenchuk...[is] the contralto with the biggest range and lustre since Bernstein's Troyanos, and Sergey Semishkur's Oedipus blends clarion authority with youthful pathos...all the right... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

If your ears can adjust, there's a supremely commanding Rachmaninov No 1 to be savoured here…Matsuev and Gergiev accept with the relish all the invitations to garish humour in Stravinsky's Capriccio…if... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2015 More…

Gergiev paints Tchaikovsky’s dream-world in the boldest colours…the Mariinsky Orchestra plays the score with theatrical verve and virtuosity, and the crystal-clear recording really brings out... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Rachmaninov offers one of the finest performances of the first movement available: remarkable detail, superbly sculpted, technically magisterial. [Prokofiev] There is a reason we don’t hear... — International Piano, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Gergiev] draws plenty of vivid drama and glowing colour from the Mariinsky players, particularly the uniquely silken but powerful brass...Mikhail Petrenko and Evgeny Nikitin [make a] rich-voiced... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…