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“… Unreservedly recommended.” *****

Brendan G Carroll – Musical Opinion Quarterly – October-December 2022

Nominee in the Orchestral category

David Gutman

Gramophone Award Nominee 2022

“… The entire disc, well recommended, bears testimony to the ferociously sensitive discipline of the Sinfonia of London and its gifted music director.” ****

Gary Lemco – AudiophileAudition.com – 7 June 2022

The Strad Recommends

“Sublimely seductive string playing from London’s finest.”

Matthew Rye – The Strad – June 2022

“While Metamorphosen may be the finest music here, lending its name to yet another distinctive album from John Wilson’s Sinfonia of London, the unusual couplings are especially welcome… These militant, tightly controlled, sometimes breathtaking performances demand to be heard …”

David Gutman – Gramophone magazine – May 2022

Orchestra Choice

Performance ***** Recording ****

“…A powerful and eloquent performance.”

David Nice – BBC Music magazine – June 2022

"… a thoroughly satisfying disc.”

David Olds – thewholenote.com – 22 April 2022

Recommended

“…Altogether this disc is a total treat. You may come for the Strauss, and you won’t be disappointed if you do; but you’ll stay for the Schreker and Korngold, and you’ll have a whale of a time while you listen.”

Simon Thompson – MusicWeb-International.com – 6 May 2022

“What a fine and stimulating recording of this is… perhaps nobody since Barbirolli has been able to make strings sing like Wilson; Schreker’s “Intermezzo” here has a sheen to it that is intensely delicate one minute and impossibly sumptuous the next… Strauss’s “Metamorphosen” has rarely had such an agonizingly drawn out, lovingly burnished performance as this. Even better is the rarity that accompanies it: Korngold’s Symphonic Serenade… The hush that Wilson finds for its slow movement is indescribably haunting.”

David Allen - New York Times – 28 April 2022

“Here is further proof of his skill, with sumptuous and dramatic readings of late Romantic music by great German composers of the early 20th century. Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosis in particular is given a very strong reading.. this is a remarkably accomplished set.” Barry Forshaw

“… compelling performances. Highly recommended.” Graham Williams

CD Choice.co.uk – 21 April 2022

“… a delightfully varied, entertaining – and even moving - recital.”

Ralph Moore - MusicWeb-International.com - 14 April 2022

Performance ***** Sonics (Multichannel) *****

“…Highly recommended.”

Graham Williams – HRAudio.net – 31 March 2022

Record of the Week

“Context in a concert programme does not come cleverer than this.” ****

Norman Lebrecht – myscena.org – 25 March 2022

Classial Album of the Week

“… whatever the mood, the Sinfonia’s tone stays full-blooded and refulgent, just like Chandos’s recording.” *****

Geoff Brown – The Times – 30 March 2022

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