Cleveland Orchestra

The Sixth Symphony’s shocking innocence and grim drama has rarely sounded so close at hand. If there’s one thing I miss it’s the ability to stand back from vivid, immediate impression and bring... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

They deliver a full measure of malicious glee when Prokofiev goes into pseudo-scherzando mode, and in all three movements they make climactic moments as scathing as they should be, colouring... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024More…

Punctilious articulation in all sections of the orchestra marks the opening movement, with phrasing more precisely etched than in most rival performances. There’s no sense of pedantry, however,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

In this live performance, the sumptuous-sounding Clevelanders provide just what you’d want from Bruckner’s hunting-inspired symphony: a stirring sunrise, a sense of mystery and trepidation as... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2024, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

In live performance you might want more drive in the first movement of Prokofiev Two, but excellent recorded balance allows one to absorb the tone-colours of America’s best brass and all the... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

It’s clearly a work that’s close to Welser-Möst’s heart and he shapes and paces this live performance (shorn of applause) with sensitivity and evident affection. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2023More…

Ohlsson cultivates a lovely singing, transparent sound which lacks only a rhythmic lift, especially in the skipping finale, which here emerges as wistfully restrained compared with, say, the... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, 3 out of 5 starsMore…