American Masterworks is imaginatively planned and well executed, and as recommendable as its predecessors.

Following albums devoted to Delius’s Scandinavian, English and French music, Holten and his Danish orchestra now turn to the composer’s American years – with the same rapturous results....[Sea Drift] showcas[es] Holten’s ear for Delian harmony, Reuter’s virile singing and the Aarhus chorus’s clean, clear contributions.

This is the fifth and last of Danacord's fine series of 'Delius Masterworks'...this is in many ways the most attractive of the whole series...Johan Reuter is the excellent baritone soloist in Sea Drift, sustaining the narration well...the most memorable performance here is of Appalachia...[the conclusion] is a passage which I find sticks in the mind for days after you have heard it, a tribute to this dedicated performance.

Holten gives a beautifully-shaped and sensitive reading of Appalachia commencing with a wondrous scene-setting...Holten’s portrait of the seas off Long Island [in Sea Drift] shines and shimmers in sympathy with the tragedy unfolding on the beach....[Reuter] lacks just enough expressiveness to really convince

The enchanting Henriette Bonde-Hansen (Palmyra) and powerful Johan Reuter (Koanga/Sea Drift) sing excellent English, and Holten proves this most cosmopolitan of composers is not the exclusive preserve of Brits.