Wiener Symphoniker

This charming disc is less a potpourri of Viennese bonbons, more an act of devotion...Rubato, lilt and elegance reign supreme, and you’ll find yourself partying to the sound of imperial Vienna. — Financial Times, 9th August 2014, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

This first movement, while fresh and genial, is a little short on mystery...Luisi, like several recent exponents, launches the slow movement with massed double basses rather than that vulnerable-sounding... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2013More…

[Ančerl] taps a vein of nostalgia and homesickness in this beautiful account of Dvorak’s “American” symphony, as poignant as any I know. In this work and in Smetana’s patriotic tone-poem, he... — Sunday Times, 12th July 2015More…