Wiener Symphoniker

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 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…

[Ančerl] taps a vein of nostalgia and homesickness in this beautiful account of Dvorak’s “American” symphony, as poignant as any I know. In this work and in Smetana’s patriotic tone-poem, he... — Sunday Times, 12th July 2015 More…