SACD, Oehms (label)

Kitaenko's Tchaikovsky symphony cycle continues to provoke decidedly mixed emotions within me. Admiration, certainly, for the expertly honed orchestral contribution...but the wayward Third needs... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2013 More…

Everything we've come to expect from previous instalments reaches its apotheosis with these works. They may have been recorded in a studio...but there's still the same vividness and tendency... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A robust, spirited coupling, warm in texture overall and with a sensible approach to string vibrato…In the first movement's Vivace, there's a pleasing lift to the rhythm, with forceful accents... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2010 More…

The most apposite word I can apply to Simone Young's approach to Bruckner is 'fluidity'…she allows the lyrical melodies of the first two movements to unfold naturally and with a good sense of... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The Hamburg Philharmonic, with whom Simone Young is recording all the symphonies, has a great Bruckner tradition, and thanks to the fine recording the results are often resplendent. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…