“Coorey led the Sydney Symphony Orchestra through an exciting performance with well-prepared and unflinching focus ... a tour de force.”
— Sydney Morning Herald
“A scintillating evening ... Matthew Coorey and the London Mozart Players made sumptuous work of the buoyant score.”
— Opera Magazine
“At the Alte Oper something really happened; a vital, rhythmically precise and full-blooded conversation took place between Matthew Coorey and the Frankfurt Museum’s Orchestra”
— Basler ZeitungBasler Zeitung
“At the podium was Matthew Coorey… this was his U.S. debut and an auspicious one it was… The Seattle Symphony played in an exulted manner.”
— Seattle Times
“One of the most intelligent performances of Strauss’s Don Juan I’ve ever heard…A magnificent reading of Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony… compelling.”
— Music and Vision Online
“Hugely exhilarating ... Coorey has the capacity to fine-tune an orchestra and get it to play with both weight and precision ... superb”
— classicalsource.com
“Coorey created the lightest of textures, supple rhythms and crisp articulation. This was Rossini at his most delicious and one could taste the opera itself.”
— Seattle Post-Intellegencer
“CBSO/COOREY ★★★★★”
— Birmingham Post
“Barely half-an-hour of music, but it was flung out with such intensity it seemed more nourishing than many concerts four times the length.”
— The Telegraph
“Matthew Coorey is an extremely confident, eloquent precision worker.”
— Frankfurter Rundschau
“CBSO/COOREY ★★★★★”
— Backtrack
“Under the baton of Matthew Coorey, the Sydney Symphony navigated their way through this stellar exploration with virtuosic intensity.”
— Sydney Morning Herald
“Coorey’s direction was first rate, the gently overlapping melodies balanced and drawn with translucent finesse into a single, seamless arc of dreamy romance and operatic tension ... This was a superlative performance.”
— The Australian
“One of those rare nights to remember… Matthew Coorey demonstrated impeccable Sibelian instincts.”
— Liverpool Daily Post
“An authoritative display from the podium that saw the CBSO in sparkling form all evening.”
— Seen & Heard International
“Coorey’s direction was first rate ... This was a superlative performance. ”
— The Age, Melbourne
“Matthew Coorey was in charge on the night I attended and under his brisk direction the performance fizzed with energy…”
— Opera Now
“The final adagio alone made this concert a musical event that I shall remember long into the future … I shall certainly be looking out for more from Mr Coorey.”
— Sean and Heard International
“Coorey conjured a clear-sighted, well-versed account … climaxes blazed and the delicate intertwining of chamber music was confident. Best, probably, was the slow finale … persuasively paced and deeply felt.”