Mariinsky

Jeu de cartes steals the show…This vivacious performance projects the music’s neoclassical lines cleanly, while avoiding sterility. Gergiev’s lightness of touch enables the wit to sparkle, especially... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Gergiev's approach] is surprisingly mild with some of the characterisation. 'Gnomus' is agile rather than grotesque; 'The Old Castle' sorrowful (with a nicely mournful saxophone solo) rather... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2015 More…

He treats [the Third] like a film score, making the most of graphically illustrative passages...and inspiring the massed ranks of the Mariinsky Chorus to sing their hearts out in the stirring... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars/1 out of 5 stars More…

This new disc from the Mariinsky certainly offers us an interesting new perspective on Cinderella along with first-rate performances that have been recorded in excellent quality picture and... — MusicWeb International, 1st December 2015 More…

The Mariinsky's stalwart bass Sergey Aleksashkin is sonorous in the title part, alongside the high tenor Evgeny Akimov in several roles and the dusky-voiced mezzo Kristina Kapustinskaya as the... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Third Piano Concerto certainly packs a mighty punch through Denis Matsuev's brilliantly athletic playing...Yet the work's lyrical elements seem less involving. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The enticement lies with the Fifth Symphony, which receives an overwhelming reading. Gergiev approaches the score with the abandon and Romantic fervor of Stokowski, Abendroth, and Koussevitzky,... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…