LSO Live

one of the finest performances of Sibelius's Seventh ever to have gone down on disc — Classic FM MagazineMore…

Noseda is first rate when it comes to grasping the structure of big, complex works, not just as architecture but as a living, evolving process...Kowaljow may not be as commanding presence as... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Znaider seems to have taken Mozart’s description of his own silky tone to heart, and his new recording of the first three concertos with the LSO…is notable for the purity of his sound. These... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

The first and third movements climax in a dash to the finishing-line that has one pinned to one's seat. The finale has an immediacy and machismo you may or may not find at odds with its elevated... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2009More…

This is the second instalment of [Davis's] Nielsen Symphony series with the LSO, recorded with admirable clarity and carrying no extra-musical sounds apart from an occasional gasp, groan or... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

There are plenty of imaginative sounds in The Panufnik Legacies… In Fleotan, Charlie Piper creates the sense of sounds suspended in the air, while in Christopher’s Mayo’s Therma, earthy rumblings... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2013More…

Britten's opera makes its usual harrowing impact...Broderick's darker-toned Miss Jessel contrasts well with [Matthews]...while Catherine Wyn-Rogers's Mrs Grose is faultlessly secure and vivid.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

He comes into his own in the passionate, rhapsodic style of the Third Sonata, dedicated to Georges Enescu, and the assumption of Fritz Kreisler's vibrato-laden personality in the Fourth, where... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, 3 out of 5 starsMore…