ICMA Award 2011 - Best Choral Work 'These performances produce an enormous impression, Oedipus Rex bewitches the power of its influence and insuperable sensation of fatal tragedy, whereas Les Noces incarnates true Russian ritual, without interrupting the connection of Russian folklore with the aesthetics of modern society' ICMA Awards

***** ‘À ces fins entendements, Gergiev ajoute une vie organique, presque un suspense ... Il [Gergiev] prend le néoclassicisme à bras-le-corps et en propose un intelligent portrait : dans un discours qui avance implacablement, l’exposition, pleinement assumée, d’un langage mort se conjugue à un dense matériau, riche de dynamiques et de plans sonores’
Opera Magazine (France)

'Gergiev has made it central to his repertoire, and this performance, has idiomatic vocal forces, essential for this fundamentally Russian work ... the Mariinsky Chorus and players relish the primitivist rhythmic verve of this singular masterpiece' Sunday Times (UK)

‘you can actually tell that the language in question in Russian, which is no mean achievement. Marry that with crisp playing from the pianos and percussion, and sensible tempos that offer plenty of excitement but also promote clarityof diction, and the result is tremendous, and very effectively recorded’ ClassicsToday (US)