Gramophone Awards, 1991

A disc that revealed Gardiner's Beethoven credentials but which also showed off his magnificent Monterverdi Choir as it edged into the 19th century. Another Record of the Year. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 More…

Here's a performance that blends this conductor's love of scholarship with an unerring sense of theatre. The English Baroque Soloists are magnificent in a work that puts the chorus only one... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007 More…

The recording is clear and atmospheric, and the playing has power, grandeur, character, intellectual clarity and unforced intensity — Gramophone Magazine More…

The strong emotions that soloist and conductor doubtless felt within six months of the composer's death ensure that there is more than enough raw and authentic feeling to counter any purely... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 More…