Leonard Slatkin

This is a magnum opus that occupied Bolcom for 25 years, starting as early as 1956. He's drawn on a wide range of musical styles to parallel Blake's method of moving from sophisticated to almost... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Copland’s deeply unsettling, Rite of Spring-like Grohg is a real discovery. The much more familiar Billy the Kid, meanwhile, is played with terrific swagger by Slatkin’s Detroit forces. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

What counts…in this crisp and sensible performance is Slatkin’s concern with the Symphony’s gentler corners…[His] tight control of textures and the finesse of his Detroit musicians also help... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Most of the music is clearly steeped in the Orthodox tradition, infused with memories of Mozart’s Requiem, but includes disquieting elements such as the Musorgsky-like funeral bell chord which... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

It's excellent sense to couple John Adams's Violin Concerto with John Corigliano's Chaconne based on his film music for The Red Violin. Both require bravura of the highest order… This is the... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…