The guardiand. 1. nov. 2009afafNicholas Kenyond. 1. nov. 2009"The Pastoral features a rumbustious peasants's dance; the Storm crackles with lightning and the end is heartfelt. There is perhaps a lack of subtlety in the more lyrical sections, but the Second Symphony is breathtakingly hard-hitting and Järvi creates the most thrilling first-movement climax since Norrington".Læs anmeldelse
BBC music magazine2022 MarchafafPaul Riley (musikanmelder)2022 March"The performances were evolved over a series of 'academies' interrogating every aspect of the score. His interpretive decisions nonetheless feel organic rather than didactic ... Perhaps some elements of the Eighth are a touch overbearing, bub, with a superbly-matched quartet of soloists, the finale of the Ninth punches home Schiller's message with a conviction that carries all before it".
Fono Forum2022 MaiafafAndreas Friesenhagen2022 Mai"Die Idee ist ja nicht neu: Beethovens Sinfonien zu aufzuführen, wie es zu Lebzeiten des Komponisten gewesen sein könnte ... Jede Zeit hat ihren eigenen Beethoven, und so hat natürlich auch der von Savall seine Berechtigung ... Allein die alten Instrumente sind da noch immer eine nicht alltägliche Option. Savall nutzt sie zum Vorteil für Beethoven ... Bei der Tempogestaltung orientiert sich Savall an den Metronomisierungen Beethovens".
The gramophone2022 FebruaryafafMark Pullinger2022 February"Recording of the month - Editor's choice: Chapeau to Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations. The pandemic delayed the completion of their symphony cycle but they came out fighting ... Beginning with the 'Pastoral' ... what is really nocticeable is that the strings have a really winewy, almost abrasive qualigy ... you can almost feel the rosin flying off their bows in the fiercer attacks ... The Eighth is given an exuberant reading ... And so to the Ninth ... Savall seizes it by the scruff of the neck and gives an invigorating account, one of the swiftest I've heard ... This is a very special release ... Savall's may well have just become my favourite period-instrument Beethoven cycle of them all".
The gramophone2010 JanuaryafafRichard Osborne (f. 1943)2010 January"Here there is much to delight and excite".