Nominee for 2016 ICMA (International Clasical Music Awards) - Symphonic category
ICMA 2016
"The spacious acoustic of Usher Hall enhances the sound, which is realistically balanced and I like the way in which the many examples of soft playing are presented. These performances are carefully thought out: Ticciati interprets the music in a personal manner and also with character these three Symphonies find the conductor seeking out the essence of Haydn with great conviction."
Antony Hodgson - ClassicalSource.com - October 2015
"... Haydn beginners and experienced hands alike should enjoy this recording."
Brian Wilson - MusicWeb-International.com - 8 December 2015
"... It’s a cliche to say that listening to these Haydn symphonies is like hearing them for the first time, but that description is apt here" ****
Mel Martin - Audiophile Audition - 21 October 2015
"... All thought-provoking and highly enjoyable - Ticciati’s best disc so far ..."
Graham Rickson - The Arts Desk - 26 September 2015
".. Three distinctive Haydn symphonies, all in the key of D, all given taut, bracing, urgently propelled performances" ****
Michael Dervan - The Irish Times - 9 October 2015
"It is a great package, recorded with the care and precision we expect from producer Philip Hobbs, and with a thought-provoking essay by American musicologist Richard Taruskin that complements the rigor of Ticciati’s approach...."
Keith Bruce - The Herald Scotland - 23 September 2015
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"... The SCO under their dynamic young conductor are clearly relishing the vivacity and pathos of this under-performed music."
Classic FM - 21 September 2015
"The SCO play as well as they did for Sir Charles Mackerras, whose performances of the late Mozart symphonies have become modern classics of the recorded repertoire, while Robin Ticciati has a sure sense of the music ..."
Brian Wilson - MusicWeb-International.com - 3 September 2015
"... cleverly chosen and done with such brimming fizz and fun" ****
Nicholas Kenyon - The Observer - 20 September 2015
"... Ticciati’s decision to programme three symphonies in D major from different stages of Haydn’s career is a clever and attractive one ..."
Hugh Canning - The Sunday Times - 23 August 2015
**** (Exceptional Album) *** (Good Sound)
Jean-Noël - Classica magazine (France) - December 2015/January 2016
"This generous, well-recorded disc simply fizzles. Wind solos are full of character, string playing is delightfully pointed and the whole enterprise is infused with joy and light. Worth investing in even if you already own other versions of these works." *****
Guy Weatherall - Classical Music magazine - November 2015
Performance **** Recording ****
"... The SCO is everywhere on wonderfully characterful form; its close rapport with the conductor produces music-making so appealingly fresh this disc gives continuos pleasure ..."
Max Loppert - BBC Music magazine - November 2015
" ... this is a valuable collection, finely recorded and beautifully packaged..."
David Threasher - Gramophone magazine - Awards Issue 2015
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