Trippy dreams: Kochanovsky and RTÉ NSO deliver a searing Symphonie fantastique

“Conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky made the music breathe with meltingly tender phrases […] What was most impressive was the way in which the gossamer threads of yearning were spun without a break throughout.”

“There was so much that was thrilling here: the fateful Dies Irae, the brilliant fugue, the raucous syncopations. Kochanovsky ratcheted up the tension till the hairs stood on the back of my neck before an explosive final flourish.”

Bachtrack by Andrew Larkin, 15 January 2018