Browse: Wiener Symphoniker (label)

Jordan’s account of the Fourth is well-nigh ideal: lithe, lyrical, rhythmically intent...The performance of the Fifth Symphony is lean-bodied and swift in the modern style…Whatever one’s preferences... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…

This new Vienna cycle is clearly the one with which 43-year-old Jordan intends to make his case...In sum, here are old skills married to new inspiration. At this late hour in the history of Beethoven... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2018 More…

Captivating performances from orchestra, soloists and narrator under conductor Philippe Jordan. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The cleaner textures reveal some lovely wind players, including a wonderfully sweet-toned principal oboe...The results sound fresh, with a fine balance between local flexibility and a firm grip... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Jordan’s reading [of the Seventh] marries forward motion and unforced articulacy in similar measure [to Weingartner]. The principal strength of his reading is the skill with which the symphony’s... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018 More…

Jordan is the kind of conductor even the Vienna Philharmonic would be proud of having as its music director...His Tchaikovsky...is as well prepared as you might expect. But for me it doesn't... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This charming disc is less a potpourri of Viennese bonbons, more an act of devotion...Rubato, lilt and elegance reign supreme, and you’ll find yourself partying to the sound of imperial Vienna. — Financial Times, 9th August 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…