“there's no mistaking here that [Dudamel's] is a special talent, of the kind that can really make a difference. The ensemble precision of these performances is outstanding, with hyper-accurate woodwind chording...In phrase after phrase in all these Shakespeare-inspired works, the musical response is direct, ultra-focused, and where lyrical passion is called for, beautifully memorable. These players know what their profession is about.” --BBC Music Magazine, May 2011 ***
“I was immediately gripped by the score's drama [in 'Hamlet'], as propounded by Dudamel and his orchestra...This performance never allows the tension to die down and it is not lacking in atmosphere, even if said atmosphere is more Russian than Danish (This is not Dudamel's fault, I must add)...When conflict breaks out between the Montagues and the Capulets, there is considerable weight” --International Record Review, May 2011
“There's a spookily brooding Symphonic Fantasy based on The Tempest, while the company's youthful cast brings a suitably enthused spirit to the Fantasy Overture, based on Romeo and Juliet. But it's the Fantasy Overture based on Hamlet that most impresses here: the prince's tortured soul clearly offers fertile parallels with Tchaikovsky's own troubled temperament.” --The Independent, 4th March 2011 ****
“mature, vividly coloured performances...Much of the playing generates the virile exuberance for which the orchestra is famous. Dudamel harnesses this energy productively and to well-defined dramatic ends, tempering it with warm sensibility and commendable lack of indulgence in Tchaikovsky’s more sentimental moments.” --The Telegraph, 6th March 2011 ****
“Performances are fervent and in every sense dynamic, requiring some adjustment of the volume switch to cope with extremes of pianissimo and fortissimo...Strings are full-blooded and lively in attack. Brass is fiery and manages to stay radiant rather than raucous.” --The Observer, 6th March 2011
“ Dudamel’s handling of this material is refreshingly mature. The composer’s succulent melodies are never oversentimentalised or phrased in distractingly fancy ways: you hear no conductor’s ego strutting. Nor is the drama so heated in temperature that the music becomes screamingly neurotic...Intelligence, that’s what leaps out from this disc” --The Times, 11th March 2011 ****
“Yoking together Tchaikovsky's three orchestral works that were inspired by Shakespeare makes unarguable sense, but it's a surprisingly rare combination on disc...The climaxes have a full-blooded excitement” --The Guardian, 17th March 2011 ***
“mature, vividly coloured performances...Much of the playing generates the virile exuberance for which the orchestra is famous. Dudamel harnesses this energy productively and to well-defined dramatic ends, tempering it with warm sensibility and commendable lack of indulgence in Tchaikovsky’s more sentimental moments.” --The Telegraph, 6th March 2011 ****
“Performances are fervent and in every sense dynamic, requiring some adjustment of the volume switch to cope with extremes of pianissimo and fortissimo...Strings are full-blooded and lively in attack. Brass is fiery and manages to stay radiant rather than raucous.” --The Observer, 6th March 2011
“ Dudamel’s handling of this material is refreshingly mature. The composer’s succulent melodies are never oversentimentalised or phrased in distractingly fancy ways: you hear no conductor’s ego strutting. Nor is the drama so heated in temperature that the music becomes screamingly neurotic...Intelligence, that’s what leaps out from this disc” --The Times, 11th March 2011 ****
“Yoking together Tchaikovsky's three orchestral works that were inspired by Shakespeare makes unarguable sense, but it's a surprisingly rare combination on disc...The climaxes have a full-blooded excitement” --The Guardian, 17th March 2011 ***
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