Browse: Minnesota Orchestra (orchestra)

The orchestra's sound under Vänskä has a kind of sharp-focus richness that's never cloying. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2016 More…

Vänskä sees to it that his ever-waxing Minnesota Orchestra is ideally engaged with the various heights and depths...Limpid and lurid woodwind playing shines out, from the ghoulish clarinets in... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Both soloist and conductor seem committed to emphasising the architectural integrity of Tchaikovsky's musical thinking...Yet by keeping things moving and delivering performances that project... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Rhythmically very taut, clean and just a little unusual…The conductor holds focus in what can sometimes be a turgid sequel to the opening funeral march; the scherzo flies…And the finale is just... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The emphasis here is on beautifully judged line and flow, allowing the music's expressive extremes to speak for themselves without any need for exaggeration…This is one of those special listening... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Vänskä’s tempos are relatively laid back; as so often, he seems to aim more for long-term continuity than for the sensational detail – though he is quite capable of clinching a dramatic moment…By... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Another instalment in Osmo Vänskä's next-generation Sibelius cycle, turning from the poetic Lahti orchestra to the full-blooded Minnesota sound. And full-blooded the First certainly is...Altogether,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013 More…