BBC Music Magazine November 2013 ** ¡°The most striking aspects of this concert are the energy and purpose of Mehta's conducting and the undoubted warmth of the Israel Philharmonic's string section which plays its heart out in the great melody in the Brahms finale.¡±
MusicWeb International 7th October 2013 ¡°The biggest success is Rimsky-Korsakov¡¯s Capriccio Espagnol...Mehta leads a buoyant tour through the work¡¯s charms, and the result is a very sunny performance...Brahms¡¯ first symphony comes off reasonably well too. The tormented passages of the first movement are attacked with a strong bite¡±