Bavouzet plays all the music exquisitely. Never lacking power, his pianism is also elegant and feather light.
It’s good to hear the tenor cast his net so wide; and yet, it has to be said, it’s still on home territory that he sounds his best.
Crank the amp and forget the neighbours – let everyone share in Mozart’s final creation.
At first glance, Gabrieli and Schütz, glorious as they are, seem to be at odds with the symphony.
Powerful stuff! David Oistrakh would have been proud.
Eminently listenable, and with moments of loveliness, but also a certain superficiality.
The performances by soloist and orchestra are first-rate but nothing can make these works very original.
Byrbe's approach seems to focus more on dazzling climaxes than characterisation.
The works sound impulsive and fresh in the hands of Cuarteto Casals.
A young Russian virtuoso, Anna Vinnitskaya, takes a considered and personal approach to the work.
In 1975 few music lovers knew this work. It was the young firebrand Roger Woodward who made the first complete recording in the West.
The BBC Symphony seems to have assimilated a genuinely Czech sound into their playing.
The sound is so stunning it’s hard to believe these are live performances.
