ica classics

As the Academy of St Martin in the Fields continues on into its sixth decade...this collection provides a worthwhile reminder of its length of service and the range of its founder...Despite... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

The Tchaikovsky is a beautiful and dramatic performance, though whether the DVD is worth buying rather depends on your feelings about the last two movements. Both have extensive cuts...and amendments...Overall,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Some of the earliest extant footage of Tennstedt with the Boston Symphony in a superb Bruckner Symphony No. 7, monumental yet warm, with terrific momentum in the faster parts. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Effortless Chopin...forming a dramatic contrast with the concentrated intensity of Arrau in Beethoven's sonatas Nos. 23 and 30 — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

he conveys a natural, relaxed, humane demeanour that justifies the nature of his physical activity...he shows himself to be a musician with both considerable expressive range and a direct, unaffected... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 4 out of 5 starsMore…