RCO Live
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Genia Kühmeier (soprano) & Gerald Finley (bass)
Netherlands Radio Choir & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
Consolation, tonal and spiritual, arrives with the new recording from Mariss Jansons…in the unforced transparency of the Concertgebouw, hall and ensemble, every strand is audible, nothing is... —
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Horizon 5
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel, Martyn Brabbins, Markus Stenz, David Robertson, Susanna Mälkki
With its roster of star conductors specialising in contemporary music, and recordings of superfine technical quality, this well-filled disc provides satisfaction and provocation in equal measure. —
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Jansons’s performances of the Symphonies Nos 6 and 7 take the music out of the imposing gloom of the cathedral and into the bright, fresh air. Everything feels light and fluid, like a graceful... —
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Wagner: Parsifal Prelude & Good Friday Spell & Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Royal ConcertgebouwOrchestra, Daniele Gatti
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the brass playing is thrilling, delivering the ample, rounded tone characteristic of the Concertgebouw. The sonority is so impressive that Gatti’s deliberate pacing is effective. This release... —
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
as a shop window for a very special orchestra, this own-label live recording couldn’t be much better. —
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Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
RecommendedRecorded Live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 7, 8 February 2007 and 28 August 2008 (Bruckner 3), 17, 18, 19 and 21 September 2008 (Bruckner 4)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (chief conductor)
…excellent sound, and… magnificent playing from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra… —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th August 2009
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Strauss - Don Juan & Eine Alpensinfonie
Recorded Live at Concertgebouw 19, 20, 21 & 23 September 2007 (Alpensinfonie); 18, 21 October 2007, 16, 17 January 2008 (Don Juan)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (chief conductor)
…Mariss Jansons's… great lover is beefier if less nimble-footed than George Szell's (on Sony), with the woodwind repeated-note support crystal clear behind spacious strings. …Jansons's…Alpine... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008, Disc of the Month
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Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Judith Chemla, Jean-Claude Drouot, Christian Gonon, Adrien Gamba-Gontard, Claire de Sévigné, Christine Goerke, Judit Kutasi, Jean-Noël Briend, Steven Humes
Rotterdam Symphony Chorus, Netherlands Children’s Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Stéphane Denève
Denève’s spacious pacing is to the work’s advantage in many places…The tension of the final scene at the stake builds steadily, with superb French enunciation from both Dutch choruses and polished... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Choral
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Horizon 2: A Tribute To Olivier Messiaen
Recorded live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 8, 9 November 2007 (Dukas/Van Keulen, Dalbavie, Messiaen, and 13, 14 June 2008 (Zuidam)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, George Benjamin & Ingo Metzmacher
These masterly performances under the baton of George Benjamin here provide the focus of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's inventive tribute to the composer, captured live at concerts during... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2010, Editor's Choice
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