ica classics

In Steinberg's Gloria, the choir's accent on 'hominibus' is just right: quiet, not overdone...Steinberg hammers out 'consubstantialem Patri' in fine style...Peter Meven intones the the opening... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2012 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…

His concert begins with Schubert’s Impromptu No.3 in B flat major from the D.935 set. There is such facility and tonal lustre here, and a dappled, songful lightness propelled by the deftest... — MusicWeb International, August 2012 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…

Jurowski’s characteristically no-nonsense and sometimes rather brisk approach informs this account by the Moscow-based State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia…Throughout, the playing is... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" is a powerfully emotional piece under any baton, but in this shattering interpretation Bashmet digs down to its darkest depths to reveal its true Slavic soul. And... — The Observer, 8th May 2011 More…

His Brahms Third Symphony is idiomatic in a traditional German way, while his Debussy La Mer has a thrilling boldness that does not preclude many subtleties. Best of all is Janet Baker singing... — Financial Times, 22nd February 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…