Editor's Choice - Chamber
"... The Nash Ensemble are on top form here, and BIS's sound is stunning."
Editor's Choice - Chamber
"... The Nash Ensemble are on top form here, and BIS's sound is stunning."
Guy Rickards – Gramophone magazine – September 2020
"... Wonderfully played, sensationally restored, all of this music deserves to be much more widely known outside Russia. Heartily recommended."
"... Wonderfully played, sensationally restored, all of this music deserves to be much more widely known outside Russia. Heartily recommended."
Guy Rickards – Gramophone magazine – September 2020
"... the symphony's final moments are absolutely thrilling, conveying not only the frisson of a live performance but a satisfyingly riotous explosion of pent-up emotion..."
"... the symphony's final moments are absolutely thrilling, conveying not only the frisson of a live performance but a satisfyingly riotous explosion of pent-up emotion..."
Andrew Farach-Colton – Gramophone magazine – September 2020
",,, With a full-bodied an vivid recording made in Singapore's Esplanade Concert hall, this is a release well worth investigating."
",,, With a full-bodied an vivid recording made in Singapore's Esplanade Concert hall, this is a release well worth investigating."
Christian Hoskins - Gramophone magazine - September 2020
"... this grandly conceived account is highly persuasive and eminently enjoyable. An impressive album, then, and a fine demonstration of what this orchestra and conductor can do in this repertoire."
"... this grandly conceived account is highly persuasive and eminently enjoyable. An impressive album, then, and a fine demonstration of what this orchestra and conductor can do in this repertoire."
Hugo Shirley - Gramophone magazine - September 2020
“… Just as vital to the musical and expressive flow, however, is his orchestration [Symphony No. 4], beautifully realised here by the BBC NOW and Sawyer’s champion Kenneth Woods… Hommage to Kandinsky is a terrifically vivid and, again, brilliantly orchestrated score…The performance is again wonderfully realised, the orchestra relishing the many opportunities to shine. Praise, too, for the technical engineering by Simon Fox-Gál.”
“… Just as vital to the musical and expressive flow, however, is his orchestration [Symphony No. 4], beautifully realised here by the BBC NOW and Sawyer’s champion Kenneth Woods… Hommage to Kandinsky is a terrifically vivid and, again, brilliantly orchestrated score…The performance is again wonderfully realised, the orchestra relishing the many opportunities to shine. Praise, too, for the technical engineering by Simon Fox-Gál.”
Guy Rickards – Gramophone magazine – September 2020
Editor's Choice - Orchestral
"... The brilliance and clarity of this performance (and recording - BIS's technical prowess much in evidence), to say nothing of Vänskä's way with rythm and articulation, is in itself the source of much pleasure - and it almost goes without saying that he relishes to the full Mahler's flabbergasting gifts as an orchestral colourist in the inner movements: the two intoxicating Nachtmusiks and Scherzo. The rarely used subtitle Song of the Night seems especially appropriate here despite the intensity of the illumination. But it is the extraordinary first movement that totally drew me in and won me over..."
Editor's Choice - Orchestral
"... The brilliance and clarity of this performance (and recording - BIS's technical prowess much in evidence), to say nothing of Vänskä's way with rythm and articulation, is in itself the source of much pleasure - and it almost goes without saying that he relishes to the full Mahler's flabbergasting gifts as an orchestral colourist in the inner movements: the two intoxicating Nachtmusiks and Scherzo. The rarely used subtitle Song of the Night seems especially appropriate here despite the intensity of the illumination. But it is the extraordinary first movement that totally drew me in and won me over..."
Edward Seckerson – Gramophone magazine – September 2020
"... The orchestral playing under the Norwegian conductor Peter Szilvay is polished and persuasive, and has a convincing heft in climatic passages..."
"... The orchestral playing under the Norwegian conductor Peter Szilvay is polished and persuasive, and has a convincing heft in climatic passages..."
Christian Hoskins - Gramophone - September 2020
My Wish List
Gramophone Awards
Korngold BBC triumph!
Dido & Aeneas
Sunday Times Pick
Gerard Schurmann
Parry: Judith
Colli IP Cover Star
Bartok with Bavouzet
Reicha 250 Anniversary
Ralph Couzens Interview
