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John Nelson, most readily identified with the music of Berlioz, proves himself an instinctive Mozartian, as sensitive to the delicacy of the composer’s orchestration as he is responsive to the... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2024 More…

[a] deeply felt Requiem, still high-voltage despite mono sound. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

this is a stirring performance verging on greatness. — classicalsource.com, February 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Svetlanov's] right on top of his game in this performance and so too are the Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra.The music leaps out of the loudspeakers right from the start...This is a tremendous,... — MusicWeb International, August 2012 More…

Boult’s handling of the Prelude, and his masterly accompaniment – especially to Janet Baker’s radiant final benediction – is so beautiful, so magisterial in its intensity, that it feels as though... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Klemperer underlines the grand architectural proportions of the German Requiem while piercing close to its spiritual heart...the performance itself builds in monumental intensity from a fairly... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

These performances, taken from 1960 radio broadcasts, were the last Mitropoulos gave. During the symphony’s huge first movement, he suffered a heart attack; and, though he went on conducting,... — Sunday Times, 8th May 2011, 2 out of 5 stars More…