Antonello Manacorda

I find the muscularity of these performances very enjoyable...The orchestra’s rhythmic assurance is similarly impressive, and especially in the way they bring a sense of the dance to these scores. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2023 More…

the Kammerakademie Potsdam bursts onto the scene with energy and vigour...Played on modern instruments but with a strong awareness of historical performance, the Fifth and Sixth show off the... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Execution is more than capable, with no scrambling in the whirling Allegros of the “Scottish” and “Italian” Symphonies. In the Saltarello finale of the “Italian” one notices how eagerly the... — Fanfare, September/October 2021 More…

Manacorda is sunny and relaxed, an impression enhanced by exceptionally lush and velvety sound engineering which puts us at some distance from the performers even when listening through the... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2015 More…

Manacorda and his spruce Potsdam band (modern instruments played with historical awareness) offer a…lithe, up-tempo performance, with vivid wind detailing and clearly etched textures, not least... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2017 More…