SACD, Brahms (composer)

Hrůša, served by wonderfully refined orchestral playing from the Bamberger Symphoniker, has a great deal to say about all these works. The two Dvořák symphonies are particularly exciting. Hrůša... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

In this outstanding performance of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony, Manfred Honeck draws a wonderfully rich, almost Central European string sound from the Pittsburgh Symphony, matched by equally mellifluous... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It's been true for many years now that American orchestras have been sounding more middle- European, but the Pittsburgh Symphony could easily be mistaken for a top German orchestra, like Leipzig... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Hearing these two E minor symphonies side by side proved far more stimulating than I anticipated. The orchestral playing is absolutely first-class and Hrůša’s conception of the music is totally... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Seventh Symphony is no less compelling, a performance teeming with fierce intensity, especially in the Finale. As in previous releases by these performers, I noted Hrůša’s painstaking efforts... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Brahms and Gergiev could hardly be described as natural bedfellows but there were moments in the Third Symphony where the illicitness of unnatural bedfellows generated a certain frisson. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2014 More…

Ticciati has [the Serenade's] measure, finding more light and shade in the work than some other conductors..The Haydn Variations is beautifully done, most of the variations nicely characterised,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…