"... truly an audiophile production that combines technical achievement with, one senses, the taste and discretion of people with strong musical sensibilities working the control panel For a small ensemble performance [Tchaikovsky’s Serenade] the Scottish group gives us one of the warmest, most expressive, yet polish traversals I’ve heard this is an elegant and Mozartean an account of this work as one is likely to hear. It is certainly aided by Linn’s warm and full yet detailed high-resolution SACD sound. The arrangement of Quartet 2 is by Jonathan Morton, who leads this performance and the Tchaikovsky from the violin ..."
Lawrence Hansen - American Record Guide - July/August 2015
"... The Scottish Ensemble’s crystal-clear playing is a joy " ****
Fiona Maddocks - The Observer - 22 February 2015
"... Jonathon Morton’s intelligent arrangement of Shostakovich’s 2nd string quartet is the couplingIt’s an enjoyable recording ..."
Andrew McGregor - BBC Radio 3 - CD Review - 28 February 2015
"... Jonathan Morton’s Scottish Ensemble reveal new spectrums of colour in Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich " ****
Geoffrey Norris - The Telegraph - 21 February 2015
"... An invigorating release" ****
Castor - SA-CD.net - 18 February 2015
"... It is a stonker, with a characteristically big-boned, confident and (under the consummately authoritative leadership of Jonathan Morton) compelling performance of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade For Strings, the greatest of all classics for string orchestra."
Michael Tumelty - Herald Scotland - 15 February 2015
"... superbly virtuosic " ****
Richard Morrison - The Times - 14 February 2015
"... The two works, in fact, are not only extremely well and intelligently played but give the listener much food for thought about Russia in their juxtaposition..."
John Warrack - Gramophone magazine - January 2015