Browse: Pietari Inkinen Sibelius Symphonies (series)

Technically, the NZSO sounds better on this disc than on any of its three predecessors; there's delicacy and subtlety in the textures and solos and impressive warmth in the slow-burn orchestral... — Classic FM Magazine, November 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This enigmatic piece [the Fourth]...demands both sombre mystery and striking sunlight in its first movement, and Inkinen does evoke them successfully if slowly, with some fine brass playing.... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

[In No. 4] the NZSO musters rare tension and foreboding. Inkinen isn’t afraid to let the music’s silences breathe, and he finds a steely clarity – notably in the hand-stopped horns and vibrato-less... — Andrew Mellor, bbc.co.uk, 24th January 2011 More…

the New Zealanders' playing is expert, and the well-balanced and rounded recording gives due weight to Sibelius's double bass and tuba parts. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 2 out of 5 stars More…