“…there is no doubt as to why this performance took out the 2016 Helpmann Award for Best Symphony Orchestra Concert.”

Limelight Magazine, Review of AWO and Sir Simon Rattle Live Concert Recording, Bruckner, Symphony No.8 by Angus McPherson 30/1/17

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“To my ears this is one of the best things Rattle has done, and it’s very reasonably priced – take a punt”

THE ARTS DESK , Review of AWO and Sir Simon Rattle Live Concert Recording, Bruckner, Symphony No.8 by Graham Rickson 1/8/20

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“With total command and intelligent insight, Briger produced a remarkable concert (and thus CD recording) of extraordinarily powerful music, with playing that possessed the richness and assertiveness of a thoroughly seasoned orchestra.”

The Arts Desk, Review of AWO and Alexander Briger Live Concert Recording, Beethoven Symphony No.9 (choral) by Barry Walmsley 16/4/14

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“The sense of occasion in both performances is inescapable, whether you warm to their demonstrably grandiose manner or not”

Gramophone, Review of AWO and Zubin Mehta Live Concert Recording, Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring & Mahler Symphony No.1 by Edward Sickerson

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