Orchestral, Symphonic Poems, Balakirev (composer)

It’s the second half of this disc that surely justifies the epithet ‘Russian spectacular’. I doubt whether you’d hear a more pulsating and brilliantly executed performance of the Lyapunov orchestration... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

For fans of the contemporary virtuoso, this disc is not only stupendously recorded, but a sign that standards these days are extraordinarily high in this area. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Gergiev and the LSO capture the score's expressive beauty, and also the sense of its transience as chill winter encroaches — BBC Music Magazine, December 2015 More…

Gergiev’s passion for Rachmaninov is evident in his recordings of the three symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra...The early Symphony No 1 (1895), so dismally received at its first... — The Observer, 29th July 2018 More…

The LSO plays, as always, splendidly for Valery Gergiev. The general excellence and detail of their performance is remarkable. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Altogether the Chandos set offers a good introduction to Balakirev's orchestral work… — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Iindeed this is quite the finest orchestral account of Islamey I have ever heard. — CD Review More…

It is essentially a snapshot of Kent Nagano and his Montreal orchestra…the performances [are] for the most part smart and stylish…Tamara comes off best: Nagano generates a wonderfully gloomy... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2016 More…