“… This new Mahler Seven is a credit to both Alexandre Bloch and his Lille orchestra. In a work that trades in contrasts between darkness and light, night and day. Bloch gives us an energetic account that emphasizes the brightness of its many ecstatic climaxes. That is an attractive proposition, and should go some way towards securing the symphony’s still precarious status in the canon.”
Gavin Dixon – Fanfare – May/June 2021
"... The Lille orchestra has enjoyed a reputation in French music, where the woodwinds are full of color and whimsy. That's true here, too, and the solo French horn that opens the first "Nachtmusik" is impressively carefree and fearless... Bloch has found a way to remove several layers of varnish from the surface of the symphony, and a new-found vibrancy can be felt everywhere."
Huntley Dent – Fanfare – March/April 2021
Excellent Album ****
Yannick Millon – Classica magazine (France) – December 2020/ January 2021
"... hugely promising, sometimes thrilling and a long way from the forensic anonymity that too often passes muster in this repertoire."
David Gutman - Gramophone magazine - November 2020
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Remy Franck – Pizzicato.lu – 1 October 2020
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