This is a workmanlike, straight-down-the-middle performance of the Concerto, which could have greater tonal variety and shape…Bohren seems more temperamentally and tonally attuned to the Britten Concerto, and the orchestral detail is also better projected, right from the opening percussion figures…Bohren conveys the emotional depth of the music, with a breadth of tone that had often eluded him earlier.

[Mendelssohn] he shows a real feel for the flow of the E Minor, the RLPO is on top form under Litton. The Andante is rapid, yet one attunes via Bohren’s glorious long-breathed melodies. The Britten violin concerto is one of the composer’s finest works, deserving far greater currency. Timpani at the opening are crystal clear here, the work’s mix of tension and lyricism gloriously achieved. The Scherzo has more than a touch of devilment; the Passacaglia is Britten at his greatest, and we feel it here.