LPO

Both Sibelius works come across very strongly here...Saraste sees these works whole. Always the right thing seems to happen at the right time. The sense of growth from a simple but potent musical... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This may not be the finest performance of Beethoven's most forbidding work on disc, but it certainly ranks with the best...Eschenbach is his own man. In his hands, the work is more questioning... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The three most substantial works on this CD are concertos in all but name, each a valuable addition to the repertoire...[On opened ground] finds Power making wonderful sense of Turnage’s alternately... — Financial Times, 15th December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Don Juan...gives any account in the catalogue a run for its money in terms of sheer elan, and bristles with energy, The LPO's playing is vibrant and full of the sense of a live performance...the... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2014 More…

Rhythmic impetus is paramount (helped by a generous percussion section, with incisive block chords for the chorus, and dramatic contrasts of tempo and dynamics... Kennedy maintains a searing... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2014 More…

…Mark-Anthony Turnage… is one of the most distinctive sound worlds in modern music. The four orchestral works on the LPO disc are full of the driven, dancing rhythms, the garishly brilliant... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Helmchen shows himself adept in all aspects of No. 1's quirky humour and satirical modernism, No. 2's playful high spirits and - in the famous Andante - a nostalgic romanticism Rachmaninov might... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Tennstedt’s Petrushka has a rugged feel…The orchestra really digs into the score, relishing its earthy, folklike qualities…The 1919 Firebird Suite is – forgive the pun – a slow burn of a performance.... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2018 More…