ica classics

A sense of delight permeates his performance of the Ravel waltzes; he digs into the scrunchy textures and lets the composer's lime-and-soda harmonies fizz and gleam...Shame about the sound quality,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is an astounding disc. It contains some of the greatest piano playing I have ever heard, and the most profound interpretation of what is, for me, Beethoven's greatest piano work, the Hammerklavier... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is not the spick and span, vibrato-lite Mahler somewhat in vogue today...yet something special is going on, especially when the stick is discarded for much of the long-breathed, old-world,... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 More…

If not every note is in place, [Du Pré] displays that electrifying rhythmic instinct that characterises her best performances, and long-breathed melodies are sung with utter naturalness…This... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Tebaldi's heady tone is equal to every one of the role's musical demands, while dramatically she proves an engaged and potent heroine...[Gobbi's Scarpia] as always is dramatically thrilling;... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

unshowy, massively intelligent accounts...whose structures are architecturally drawn and finely delineated, with wonderful tone-quality in the slow movements. More physical, less spiritual than... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Jacoby’s] playing is muscular and blends well with the Academy and Marriner, who have this music in their blood and play with their trademark urbanity and flexibility virtually throughout — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…

Rozhdestvensky shows a master’s touch – not a whiff of vulgarity – and the orchestra plays with finesse and brilliance. Janácek’s Taras Bulba, recorded at a 1981 Prom, is another sizzler. — Financial Times, 7th December 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…