Browse: Seattle Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)

This disc showcases three commissions aimed squarely at the Canadian virtuoso’s dazzling skillset. At the centre is a concerto by James Newton Howard…The work is lyrical, wildly cavorting and... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

a wondrous and tumultuous single-movement work for large orchestra that affirms music's capacity to shift our very state of being...The work combines great formal simplicity...with an almost... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Here, by an exceptional command of long-term tempo relationships Dausgaard manages to unify the symphony into single whole. Without loss of intensity, it emerges as not only a psychological document... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Those unfamiliar with Piston's work should investigate this Naxos disc that repackages performances originally issued on Delos. This one is arguably the best of the lot as it features the Fourth... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The highlight of this Seattle disc is undoubtedly the violin playing of Augustin Hadelich in L'arbre des songes…the warm recording, with some three seconds of echo, suits this work well, as it... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

this is a wonderful addition to the catalog. Exceptional music, exceptionally well recorded, and exceptionally played by a fine
American orchestra led by a conductor who clearly has this repertoire... — Fanfare, May/June 2020 More…

The Goldmark is a tuneful and warm-hearted concerto that needs just this kind of songful, inspirational approach: Hu shapes the melodies so that they ravishingly take wing and soar. — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Both [works] need this wide soundscape and the art that conceals art for the details in a clear, broad picture. We still get the timbres of woodwind and harps adding their splashes of colour;... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…