Chandos

John Storgårds has shown his affinity for the composer in every disc of this complete series of the Shostakovich symphonies (still in progress). Here, he does not strive after extremes or try... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2024 More…

The RSNO’s playing captures all the delicacy, grandeur and zing of Adams’s complex score, while the Doric String Quartet brings sumptuous sweetness and laser-like clarity to its solo part…There... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The result – lovingly presented and played with consummate finesse – is like a selection box of handmade musical confectionery. What strikes you first is the seriousness and craft with which... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…

Arnold’s love of melody alone means that he deserves to be better known, and those who turn to him for the first time are likely to find a sound-world that is open and welcoming to new explorers. — MusicWeb International, June 2015 More…

You could call this ‘light music’, did it not come armour-plated in the sort of reactionary style you might attribute to minor Soviet composers working in the 1950s…The playing is good, though... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…