Michael Sanderling

Leonskaja’s live performances of the Schumann and Grieg piano concertos have been cause for wonder...There are other ways of performing these works, but these interpretations are utterly consistent... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

He delivers Bloch’s epic Schelomo with magnificent command, tracing its ark from lamentation to shrill anger back to resignation. Michael Sanderling and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra bring... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022 More…

This set’s opening gambit is an account of the First Symphony that’s both gemütlich and gripping – no easy feat...It’s also a performance particularly rich in colouristic detail. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2023 More…

it’s with the Arutiunian that Renaudin Vary really comes out of her shell...the Armenian-inspired folksy melodies sing, and the faster sections are punchy and exciting. She’s even more at home... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Sanderling leads a spick and span Beethoven Fifth. The long streams of quavers in the first movement line up in tidy rows, like soldiers. Even when Beethoven throws the metre off-kilter…Sanderling... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018 More…