Marek Janowski Henze Complete Symphonies

It takes a real master to bring all the complex often perplexing elements together in Henze’s music and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin respond exceptionally well to Janowski’s assured... — MusicWeb International, 15th October 2013 More…

In Janowski's hands the textures overall are less edgy than on Metzmacher's rival - given a more spacious, reverberant acoustic by the EMI engineers, although both versions were set down in... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009 More…

Janowski's performances are vivid and immediate, and make the old Deutsche Grammophon recordings, conducted by the composer, sound pallid in comparison. — The Guardian, 30th June 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

consistently high standards of execution from the orchestra … [a] welcome issue. — International Record Review, June 2014 More…

Inspired by three speeches in A MidsummerNight's Dream, Henze's Eighth (1992-93) is the most beguiling and immediately appealing of them, beautifully written for the orchestra and luminous in... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…