Reviews former US tours

„Could the performance possibly have been as good as the thunderous and prolonged applause suggest? Not just as good, but better. This was one of the great Mahler performances given in a hall that has heard plenty of them. What made it special was the splendid rapport this ensemble clearly enjoys with Riccardo Chailly [...] playing as one heart, one mind, one body [...] To watch them digging into their instruments was to see the music embodied in flesh and bone."
John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune

„This is an Orchestra that speaks with homogenity of sound and expression shared only by
the world´s great ensembles. By showing art at its most tender and urgent, Chailly and the
orchestra somehow made the music refer to a larger world outside itself - a view of Mahler
only the most highly developed interpretations can conjure."
Peter Dobrin, Philadelphia Inquirer

„It was, in a word, spectacular."
Mark J. Estren, Washington Post

„The audience responded with the most ecstatic ovation I have witnessed this season at Carnegie Hall."
Anthony Tommasini, New York Times

„Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra - this is an inspired partnership; do not miss them when they return."
David Weininger, Boston Globe