Kitajenko Tschaikowsky Edition

The Gürzenich-Orchester Köln is plainly a fine ensemble: poised, cultured, eminently articulate. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2011 More…

Kitajenko's is the most daringly spacious Manfred I've encountered since Rostropovich's...and there's no disputing that he secures commendably refined results from his useful band...The Scherzo... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010 More…

Aided by a superb recording, Kitajenko secures outstandingly responsive playing. Highlights are the atmospheric slow movement and some nimble string passagework in the Finale. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Kitaenko's Tchaikovsky symphony cycle continues to provoke decidedly mixed emotions within me. Admiration, certainly, for the expertly honed orchestral contribution...but the wayward Third needs... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2013 More…

Kitajenko and the Gurzenich Orchestra turn in a really splendid account of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, and they even manage to breathe new life into as familiar a warhorse as Capriccio italien. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Technically, this is an enormously impressive display: the Cologne orchestra responds with formidable discipline and sumptuous body of tone, while the eagle-eyed Kitajenko directs proceedings... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 More…