ica classics

a performance [of the Mahler] that is characteristic of a notable conductor in prime professional condition. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2014 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…

An impressive debut disc previously only released in Japan. The young violinist delivers a beyond-her-years Shostakovich and dazzles in the Waxman. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the pianist’s irrepressible spirit shines through in Prokofiev’s Seventh Sonata and the Stravinsky pieces. — The Telegraph, 12th May 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

though I have heard performances of these two works that equal these, I can't think of any that surpass them...The sound is impressive, though both Concertos are in mono. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

An ideal ensemble is headed by Corena's robustly restrained Falstaff and Giulini, livelier than in later years — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 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…

In Steinberg's Gloria, the choir's accent on 'hominibus' is just right: quiet, not overdone...Steinberg hammers out 'consubstantialem Patri' in fine style...Peter Meven intones the the opening... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2012 More…

Barbirolli's Haydn from 1969 is very much of its time, and not without some fine qualities. One can sense the affection in which the conductor held this work...The Symphonie fantastique finds... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…