NHK Symphony Orchestra

Supremely vivid Strauss, guided by the surest of conducting hands…[this] series - may it be all the symphonic poems - can only go from strength to strength. Amazing work. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The NHK play with admirable precision in these 2017 concert performances recorded in Suntory Hall, but they’re not completely inside the Hungarian idiom. Part of that is down to cautious tempos...The... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2020 More…

there's no doubt that Metamorphosen can be approached for its sheer beauty. In that regard I’ve never heard a previous recording that so clarified all the string lines. By comparison with the... — Fanfare, July/August 2020 More…

One doesn’t much think of Handel when considering Wand and indeed, we only hear the Overture from the Music for the Royal Fireworks, a performance which, once past an uneasy downbeat, has a... — MusicWeb International, 6th May 2013 More…

[Concerto] The performance is full of orchestral color, particularly in a delicate movement like the “Giuoco delle coppie,” where the gamboling duets are bright and playful. Each section of... — Fanfare, Sep/Oct 2023 More…