Browse: David Porcelijn (conductor)

Kirschnereit deserves all the acclaim coming to him these days...The first two phrases of the Second Concerto are enough to announce a player of uncommon discernment, and thereafter he treats... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2012 More…

Like so many academic late-Romantics, Röntgen is strong on control but not so much on flights of fancy...Huge credit to Gregor Horsch, David Porcelijn and the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra for... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2014 More…

On this evidence Van Gilse has a penchant for glowing radiance; drama comes to him more fitfully. This may be his weakness but for the listener in the right mood that is also his shining strength. — MusicWeb International, January 2013 More…

I’m grateful to CPO for making Röntgen’s symphonies available, and in interpretations as committed and handsomely recorded as these. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2022 More…

David Porcelijn secures some excellent playing from the NDR Radiophilharmonie, and the recording is absolutely top-notch. — International Record Review More…

…the andante second movement and finale show Röntgen's great originality in that rarest of qualities: the ability to write memorable tunes. This, in the final analysis, is the secret of Röntgen's... — Classics Today More…

Gilse’s gift for atmosphere and orchestration is greater than his gift for melody, but the work is certainly interesting, vividly recorded and played in commanding style by all concerned — Gramophone Magazine, July 2016 More…

a potently epic symphony. The music occupies a country to which Richard Strauss and Anton Bruckner had already laid claim...Asszonyi is a singer to be reckoned with and so is this extended love... — MusicWeb International, January 2013 More…