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Those expecting provocative speeds and micromanaged detail from Jacobs might be surprised at the centrality of his reading. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2022 More…

Jacobs is a conductor who always strives to inject as much drama as possible into his performances, and he vividly conveys the sobbing effects and the stabs of pain that run through the Stabat... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The period instruments bring a litheness and transparency, with vigour in the third movement allegro molto [in No. 5], the more pastorally phrased interlude liltingly done by the B’Rock, before... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Jacobs locates the music firmly among the great 19th-century symphonic tradition, and his admiration for it can be heard in these performances...Jacobs’s interpretations certainly aren’t without... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

These performances of youthful Schubert symphonies are nothing if not thought-provoking. Certainly, there are imaginative touches…but many of Jacobs’s tempos are so hard-driven that the music’s... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…