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A vivid live recording of the perennial classic, let down a little by the narration. Though not without nuance, it’s borderline hollered in places. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Yet having already recorded to excellent versions of this intimate, gently luminous masterpiece… what more can Davis add? Not improvement, perhaps, but a different approach. …here his reading... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…Davis is marvellous at bringing out the subtleties of Elgar's orchestration. Subsidiary middle voices that are often inaudible at the hands of less sensitive interpreters are beautifully clear... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Fifth Symphony represents the challenge of being the best-known work in the repertoire, but without being quirky Haitink presents it in a way that feels utterly fresh. The First Symphony... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

An excellent and often urgent Fifth, the opening forceful but unforced, pressing forwards rather in the manner of the Kleibers. I can’t recall having heard a prouder, more mobile or more expressively... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2006 More…

The orchestra plays superbly, and there are plenty of indications that the conductor has taken note of recent changes in attitude to Beethoven performance, such as giving prominence to the woodwind... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

As a concert venue St Paul's Cathedral's problems remain acute: chief culprit is the building's notorious nine-second reverberation period which gives climaxes earth-shattering power but reduces... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…