LSO Live

This is the second instalment of [Davis's] Nielsen Symphony series with the LSO, recorded with admirable clarity and carrying no extra-musical sounds apart from an occasional gasp, groan or... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

If you like your Walton unleashed at full and scalding voltage, look no further. The [LSO's] trademark virtuosity and panache are so great, and the players' unravelling of Walton's demanding... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Sir Colin Davis's Dvorák is famous, his Smetana just as deeply felt; some of the speeds are on the broad side (especially in Vltava) yet there's a warmth and generous flexibility that works... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 23rd January 2006 More…

Here one can concentrate on the exquisite, enchanted score. The recording quality is excellent — Sunday Telegraph More…

…Sir Colin conducts the Requiem with a judicious mix of fire and meditative calm; tempi never drag nor are they, in the reflective passages, metronome-quick. The work of the LSO Chorus is first-rate,... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2009 More…

There's much to savour in Gardiner's urgently driven account of Ruy Blas, and the vibrato-less string passage that opens Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage is simply spellbinding, reminding us of... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2015 More…