Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

Most Finnish greats have recorded cycles of Sibelius symphonies at least once...Who’d have predicted that this latest, from Klaus Mäkelä at the helm of the Oslo Philharmonic would be the most... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra are on fine form as they embrace Kaija Saariaho’s unique soundscape in this collection of works spanning the last 25 years…In both [Vers toi qui es si loin] and... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Curiously, perhaps, it’s the interpretation of the less well-known and distinctive symphony which wins this disc its five stars...Although the bittersweet bucolics of Myaskovsky’s 27th could... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Petrenko is the ideal interpreter for this ripe overheated music…The Oslo Philharmonic responds with brilliantly incisive ensemble…Gerstein makes the most of Scriabin’s poetic writing with some... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s something almost miraculous about the way Finnish conductor John Storgards has brought this music so finely and compellingly into focus…[in the Second] all is ghostly detached sounds,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

What results from these insights is a Scheherazade that makes even some famous rivals seem lazy and careless. Here we get finesse and detailed music-making that brings delight back to a score... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2020 More…

Never discursive or splashy, Petrenko’s forensic view of the composer may not please those brought up on Soviet-era music-making but I found it very persuasive. — Gramophone Magazine, November 2018 More…