"Editors choices - December 2018: A buoyant and incisive live performance from Jansons and his Bavarian forces, with the large chorus and strings on particularly trenchant form, not least in the nimble 'Et vitam venturi' section of the Credo. The solo quartet blends well, with Luca Pisaroni launching the 'Et resurrexit' with real conviction and wonder. An exhilarating account of Leonore III is much more than a makeweight, echoing the sense of deliverance and jubilation of the Mass itself in miniature"

"Instrumental colours are bright, exact and assertive. Were there a slider for musical rather than picture contrast, it would be set at maximum ... Beethoven insisted that they keynotes of his Mass were cheerfulness and gentleness, and these qualities are evident in a tenderly shaped Sanctus and Benedictus"

"Jansons hat mit dem Orchester und dem Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks ein bestens geeignetes Instrument zur Hand ... Die Anwendung von Beethovens genau disponierten musikdramaturgischen Kriterien wie Dynamik, Tempowechsel, der Wechsel von Solisten und Chor, findet unter Jansons auf grosser Bühne statt"