Rimsky Korsakov - Snow Maiden Suite

Neeme Jarvi draws the most seductive response from the SNO; he consistently creates orchestral textures which are diaphanously sinuous. Yet the robust moments…are caught just as strikingly and... — Penguin Guide More…

Kees Bakels… secures phenomenally crisp ensemble from this orchestra of international players than he founded as recently as 1998. It is good to be reminded of the extraordinary brilliance... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2006 More…

it's not so much the marine atmosphere [in Sadko] or, indeed, the mood-conscious introductions to the three other works which are impressive but the way the conductor gets his Seattle players... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Donald Johanos.... revels in all this. — CD Review More…

...richly played and caught with a vividness arresting even for SACD...Pletnev gives [the Mlada excerpt] immense scale — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…