Presto Recordings of the Year, Strauss, J, II (composer)

Said vaults effortlessly across stylistic boundaries, often via dazzling arrangements by her collaborator Tim Allhoff. And that Whitney Houston track? Even diehard sceptics will be moved by... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Right from the off, it just feels right. Kosky is in his element. Whatever your views on his approach to mainstream repertoire, few living directors have thought more carefully about Central... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2024 More…

He embraces the style, the timbre, the allure, even the specific accent of this repertoire with complete conviction and self-evident delight. The great thing about these performances is that... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2019 More…

Right from the off, it just feels right. Kosky is in his element. Whatever your views on his approach to mainstream repertoire, few living directors have thought more carefully about Central... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2024 More…

Kopatchinskaja’s approach – sharp-focus, hyper-detailed and searching out over-the-top extremes of vocal delivery – is remarkable in its way...The upside is the superlatively precise and stylish... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Said vaults effortlessly across stylistic boundaries, often via dazzling arrangements by her collaborator Tim Allhoff. And that Whitney Houston track? Even diehard sceptics will be moved by... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

this is a special release because of the importance of these Mercury recordings in the history of symphonic music in America. The majority of the material (22 of the 31 CDs) has never been released... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2023 More…