Browse: Laurence Equilbey (conductor)

As a complete experience the assembled work s prove both illuminating and rewarding. While tremendously fresh and vigorous, the Symphony No. 2 ’s performance feels somewhat mellower, arguably... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Here’s an engaging introduction to sparkling gems from Mozart’s operas...Devos’s agile soprano is both bright and menacing in the famous Queen of the Night set piece...The revelation here is... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Can there may be a more profoundly beautiful recording of Fauré's Requiem out there? We defy any sensitive soul not to be transported into a state of near rapture by the unspeakably delicious... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

There are certainly strengths in Equilbey’s team – especially in Chiara Skerath’s lucid Cinna and Alessandro Liberatore’s trenchant Silla. The other members of the cast are less consistent, with... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

What a find it is – the melodic material is superbly memorable and opulent (almost disconcertingly so for a work depicting an ascetic!), the orchestration rich and autumnal. I’ve waxed lyrical... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, April 2018 More…

Balance generally...is superbly managed by the experienced conductor, Laurence Equilbey...Her soloists, too, match well as a quartet...for all Equilbey's avoidance of theatricality it's the sense... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…