Browse: Marek Janowski Bruckner Symphonies (series)

...this is a far tighter and richer orchestra than it used to be...the strings are capable of an opulent and balanced sonority; the woodwinds are pungent and well-focused (listen to their playful... — International Record Review, July/August 2010 More…

Bruckner could be impulsive and excitable, and Janowski certainly knows how to generate heat and excitement at the great releases. What a terrific surge he achieves into the coda of the first... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2012 More…

Janowski, a no-nonsense Brucknerian, showcases his orchestra’s singing violins and sensitive woodwinds, but the cello lines are alarmingly thin and the overall sound lacks the majesty this music... — Financial Times, 18th January 2014, 2 out of 5 stars More…

Janowski's Scherzo is very high-energy, his finale, Beethovenian in its urgency, a fraught but ultimately victorious journey with excellent trumpets and timpani at the end...I like Janowski's... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2012 More…

The fact that it stands up well is attributable to the quality of the playing as much as to Janowski’s
interpretation, which is responsive to the symphony’s long drawn-out paragraphs as well... — The Telegraph, March 2008 More…

every orchestral department here delivers superbly, with gorgeously rich strings, mellow woodwind, and powerful brass. Janowski's conducting, too, combines a true sense of Brucknerian space with... — Classic FM Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

this is a very persuasive Bruckner Symphony No. 2: well paced, warm toned without heaviness, Romantically atmospheric and with stranger inspirations subtly highlighted. The recording suits Janowski's... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…