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The opera is a remarkable achievement...The central roles are all well done. Tenor Peter Hoare summons up the entire range and expressive variety required for Faust. David Soar’s voluminous bass-baritone... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Their gusto in tackling Brian’s complex, often cryptic but rewarding scores is very winning. All the music here shows the old maverick forging ahead from epic breadth to extreme compression,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Brian fanatics, while no doubt queueing up for more, will savour the consistently strong performances by these three fine musicians — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Walker secures fine playing by this unfamiliar orchestra whose brass section, pleasingly, avoid, the excessive vibrato of previous Russian generations. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is a significant disc – and not just because it completes the Brian symphony discography. The music is convincingly played by the New Russia State Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Walker... — MusicWeb International, June 2019 More…

Havergal Brian's Sixth and Sixteenth Symphonies were recorded in April 1973. The Sixth (1948), incorporating material from an abandoned opera on Synge's Deirdre of the Sorrows, is highly illustrative... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…