Verdi Requiem 2018 reviews

NFM, Wroclaw
“Gardiner gripped the audience together with his sixty-two forces of the choir, the bass drum and timpani, the pure power of ORR’s brass, thunderous strings and the alarming piccolo so strict and hard that there was a shake of the earth the listener could not fend off.” – Bachtrack ★★★★ Jens Klier

Westminster Cathedral
“Accompanied by the shimmering strings of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, the ravishing voices of the Monteverdi Choir set out for a spellbinding venture into the Verdi choral tableau, performing with such profound unity under Gardiner’s direction only years of collaboration can bring forth.” – Jari Kallio

“The occasion was a performance of Verdi’s Requiem in Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday night that was perhaps as perfect a demonstration of the power of music as I have ever experienced.” – Beachcomber, The Express

Musikverein, Vienna
“The Monteverdi Choir was, of course, a ray of light with its elastic, precise way of singing.” – DerStandard

Philharmonie, Luxembourg
“No need to repeat here the extraordinary quality of the Monteverdi Choir, whose flexibility and ductility probably have no equal at present” – ResMusica, Pierre Degott

“The Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique creates a terrifying apocalyptic climate, which leaves the audience speechless at the end of an hour and a half of incredible tension” – ResMusica, Pierre Degott

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
“What was revealed by Gardiner between that beginning and the end was truly revolutionary and romantic.” – Opera Magazine NL, Franz Straatman

“Gardiner built a mighty dramatic arc, with the help of four passionate soloists, who were not afraid to seek the limits of their expressive abilities” – NRC Handelsblad, Joost Galema