“… Not only can musical styles be experienced on this exploration, but the variety of instrumental and orchestral sounds is also explored. Bollon has thus created a tour that is as entertaining as it is enlightening, on which the protagonist Taro is characterized by the marimba… The Jena Philharmonic Orchestra embarks on this exploratory venture with equal sensitivity and in the best of moods, demanding and offering both chamber music-oriented playing and the grand gesture of the orchestra. Bollon guides his own cosmos firmly and meaningfully with the conductor’s baton, not without emphasizing the lively aspects. Mention should also be made of René Münch, who artfully performs the solo role of the marimba…” ****