RCO Live

Haitink's supreme control of pacing [in the slow movement] ensures that all the pregnant silences in the music are imbued with a real sense of anxiety...Likewise Haitink's slow tempo in the... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It’s remarkable how the Concertgebouw players mould their collective identity around the maestro in front. The singular novelty is Antal Dorati’s Ninth, grand and spacious (though with all repeats... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2021 More…

The magic of Jansons's conducting with the orchestra of which he is chief conductor could not be more compelling. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2008 More…

A born Brahmsian, Ax gives full rein to the sheer massiveness of the First Piano Concerto, producing a performance of range and depth, intimately captured in this recording…the estimable Frank... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The playing is beautiful, especially some of the woodwind solos; the string tone is rich and varied… It is also good to hear an interpretation that reminds one how much the younger Sibelius... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 3 out of 5 stars More…

It remains the most disjointed of Mahler’s works, yet Jansons and the RCO dispel all doubts with the coherence of the conducting and the excellence of the playing: the brass glorious, the woodwind... — Sunday Times, 5th February 2018 More…

A detailed account. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…