SACD, Brahms (composer)

The dark, veiled string at the opening (Brahms with a slight Russian Orthodox accent?) are very impressive. So too is the sense of the first movement rising and falling steadily like a great... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

If some of the rubato and tempos in the Third Symphony don’t always feel natural, the sound and phrasing is always stylish. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Dausgaard secures superbly incisive playing from the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Dausgaard favours swift tempos, especially in the outer movements...[His] penchant for disjunctive phrasing, and... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

I hadn't come across these singers before: they are quite wonderful...The luscious 'Amen', ravishingly sung, is worth the price of the disc. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2012 More…

Beautiful playing for what became a fine conductor’s epitaph…This is an essential disc for admirers of the Dutch conductor Hans Vonk. The performances, beautifully played and vividly recorded,... — Gramophone Magazine More…

The playing in the arrangements of the Two [Strauss] Songs is extraordinary. How do human lungs sustain the vast phrases and endless pedal-points of Der Abend (Evening) – a golden, tenminute... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…