Hallé

Debussy’s atmospheric piano pieces have been not so much orchestrated as re-imagined by Colin Matthews...much has been gained...in shimmering effects — The Telegraph, 20th August 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…Elder… and the Hallé… make the prelude to Mastersingers Act III and the Parsifal music splendidly burnished, glowing affairs, while the Flying Dutchman's storm swirls with Klemperer-like impact. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The throw themselves so fully into the texture and colour of the piece it becomes almost visual - captured are not only the hansom cabs, street-sellers' cries, Cockney mouth organs and accordions... — Classic FM Magazine, February 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The South Korean pianist (who won the Leeds Piano Competition when he was just 18) and Elder seem to be in perfect synchrony for these immaculately-paced performances - the music is given so... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, May 2017 More…

Fans of the Hallé will be delighted with Mark Elder's intense but spacious accounts of the tone poems here… Schwanewilms often begins with lines of instrumental purity, beautifully attuned to... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

John Wilson directs to the manner born and draws a crisply disciplined response from the Hallé, who seem to be enjoying the experience enormously. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2009 More…

This recording has just about everything: robust comedy, sharp wit, sensuous delight, emotional uplift and food for thought all in one package. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Elgar’s beautifully imagined score [of A Voice in the Wilderness] is graced with two very fine performances, from Joshua Ellicott’s narrator (his delivery and accent are pitched exactly right),... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…