Heinz Holliger

Holliger’s approach to this haunting masterwork itself is thoughtfully and beautifully paced, with the period-style reduced vibrato on the strings not overdone, and featuring solo woodwind playing... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Schoenberg's Kammersymphonie] calls for considerable virtuosity from each of its 15 solo players, and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra under Heinz Holliger acquits itself very well...Holliger... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

their new account under Heinz Holliger unfolds at relatively steady tempos, with more compositional logic than late Romantic passion...[Holliger's] deployment of a relatively small string line-up... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Like everything in this series from Holliger and his Basel players, the confidence and refinement of the performances provide their own recommendation, even if the music itself isn’t quite essential... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2022 More…

Heinz Holliger’s energetic approach to Schubert pays off in this recording of these two symphonies. The bright Symphony No. 3 fizzes...In the rather more sombre overture to Alfonso und Estrella,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Easily one of the most attractive collections of this music…Holliger’s clear-sighted interpretations, revealed in sound that is focused without being over-analytical — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…

Holliger brings amazing textural clarity to the composer's orchestration without ever sacrificing the expressive intensity of the musical argument. The Cologne orchestra responds superbly with... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…