Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

So impressive. Janine Jansen essentially strips these pieces of all the years of what one might call ‘performance adornment’ and takes them back to their elemental roots. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2024More…

This has to be the best-sounding Fourth on disc – a vivid sense of acoustic and scale but with thrilling immediacy, too. — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024More…

Most Finnish greats have recorded cycles of Sibelius symphonies at least once...Who’d have predicted that this latest, from Klaus Mäkelä at the helm of the Oslo Philharmonic would be the most... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Curiously, perhaps, it’s the interpretation of the less well-known and distinctive symphony which wins this disc its five stars...Although the bittersweet bucolics of Myaskovsky’s 27th could... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

The lunatic, the lover and the joker are of imagination all infinite in these supremely vivid interpretations…Petrenko takes his time over the first unravelling of the melancholy knight’s wits…A... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Petrenko is the ideal interpreter for this ripe overheated music…The Oslo Philharmonic responds with brilliantly incisive ensemble…Gerstein makes the most of Scriabin’s poetic writing with some... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Petrenko makes a persuasive case for this underrated and lovable work [the Prokofiev], aided by superb orchestral playing and glowing sound. — The Arts Desk, 1st November 2025More…

there is little doubt that the present performance of the First Concerto is even more incisive than its predecessor...Petrenko draws out a wealth of fascinating detail from the orchestral accompaniment...The... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 5 out of 5 starsMore…