Michael Cookson has a new review for the Pittsburgh Symphony’s Strauss release in MusicWeb International:
“Maestro Honeck conducts the noble introduction to Don Juan with an heroic feel to this moody and colourful score in which a sumptuous and ripe sensuality predominates. With a striking range of orchestral colour the Pittsburgh orchestra’s stormy and robust surges of restless energy are almost overpowering. … Recorded in 2012 by Soundmirror of Boston the satisfying sound certainly serves the music splendidly being warm and clear with an excellent balance. In recent years this orchestra has grown in stature and with this release in the Pittsburgh Live! series their collaboration has once again borne luscious fruit.” —Michael Cookson, MusicWeb International