Hallé

Nielsen's great symphonic output has been overlooked in the past, but...Elder's blistering account should help rectify that — The Times More…

…Elder… and the Hallé… make the prelude to Mastersingers Act III and the Parsifal music splendidly burnished, glowing affairs, while the Flying Dutchman's storm swirls with Klemperer-like impact. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The South Korean pianist (who won the Leeds Piano Competition when he was just 18) and Elder seem to be in perfect synchrony for these immaculately-paced performances - the music is given so... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, May 2017 More…

A reading [of No. 4] in which tempos in general are on the ample side so that the first and third movements fail quite to sustain tension…This is a pity since the greatest care has evidently... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

John Wilson directs to the manner born and draws a crisply disciplined response from the Hallé, who seem to be enjoying the experience enormously. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2009 More…

The Hallé are resplendent under Mark Elder, with ravishing colours and finely etched detail… — BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Taken altogether, the dramatis personae in this production work at a high level of British theater acting..the ensemble performance here is outstanding. The recorded sound is excellent, perfectly... — Fanfare, July/August 2023 More…

I'm not surprised that Colin Matthews says that he hugely enjoyed writing Alphabicycle Order, a setting of 26 nonsense poems by Christopher Reid. The young choristers are plainly having a ball,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The diaphonous atmospheric detail from the strings and subtle wind colouring in Jeux, Debussy's poème dansé, require great delicacy of feeling and sensuous caressing from the violins in the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…