Browse: Prokofiev - Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40

a realisation of unrivalled clarity and balance, closely observed by the microphones. When Karabits spoke to the audience prior to a performance at the Lighthouse Poole, he made much of the ear-lashing... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…

Gaffigan is relatively brisk [in the Fourth], avoiding slackness, but at the expense of some nuance and opportunities for characterisation, notably in the third movement. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 2 out of 5 stars More…

[Symphony No. 2] the voluptuous sonority of Liss’s orchestra and the naturalness with which he shapes a phrase are beguiling. It is hard to woo with an assault, but I come away energized from... — Fanfare, May/June 2023 More…

This is the final instalment of Andrew Litton’s Prokofiev symphony cycle, one of the most sonically sophisticated in the lists. Only don’t look to Bergen for the raw sonorities associated with... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2020 More…

Alsop and her Brazilian orchestra turn in a clear-textured performance - no mean feat under the circumstances - but one devoid of the essential angry drive that keeps you on the edge of your... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…