Thomas Adès conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in four of his own most popular orchestral works: Asyla and Tevot (symphonies in all but name), Polaris (an astral 'voyage for orchestra') and Brahms (an affectionately irreverent setting of Alfred Brendel's eponymous poem).
DIAPASON D'OR
'This is an excellent recording all round, with the LSO responding superbly well to the many technical and expressive challenges posed in performing Adès’s orchestral music' (Gramophone)
The Guardian
'The music is carried aloft by great, heaving cosmic waves through a universe glistening with heavenly sounds … these are technically challenging scores that take an orchestra to its limits. With ...
The Guardian'The music is carried aloft by great, heaving cosmic waves through a universe glistening with heavenly sounds … these are technically challenging scores that take an orchestra to its limits. With ...