The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic under conductor sascha Goetzel made a tremendously exhilarating sound.

It's good to welcome a Turkish orchestra as strong and refined as the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic...drawing polished playing from the orchestra, Vienna-born conductor Sascha Goetzel could hardly be more persuasive in all three works, which are treated to a brilliant, well-balanced recording to match

Conductor Sascha Goetzel calibrates dynamic terracing particularly deftly here, disguising the potentially repetitive impact of Hindemith's melodic writing.

Conductor Sascha Goetzel calibrates dynamic terracing particularly deftly here, disguising the potentially repetitive impact of Hindemith’s melodic writing. Goetzel also excels in Florent Schmitt’s festeringly erotic Tragedy of Salome, srewing the tension up expertly in the work’s many crashing climaxes, and drawing plenty of hot commitment and intensity from the orchestra

This is the debut recording of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra and their Austrian conductor Sascha Goetzel. A very impressive beginning by any standards. This year, Istanbul is the European Capital of Culture 2010, and this amazing recording is a great way to introduce this great orchestra to the rest of the world. I have a feeling we will hear much more from this group in the years to come. For now, just bathe in the luxurious and sumptuous oceans of sound that they produce within these wonderful 20th century orchestral masterpieces.