Vaughan Williams: A Vaughan Williams Anthology [8 CD set]

"Paul Daniel's performance with the Bournemouth forces is one of the most successful to reach CD: it has spaciousness, drive and power in all the right places. The orchestral playing is refined, the choral singing robust and the ensemble tight." Daily Telegraph (Sym. 1)

"There's no doubt [Vaughan Williams] would have doffed his boater to the latest recording…from Clare College…the sweeping energy and rich detail of Tim Brown's interpretation draw out the best from his young singers, in matters musical and mystical." ClassicFM (Sacred Choral Music)

"Helped by vivid sound, James Judd conducts the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in glowing performances...here Judd shows what quality of player the orchestra now attracts, especially in its ripely resonant string tone. The whole is nicely balanced in a warm but clear acoustic. There is good solo work, too, from the leading string players as well as the woodwind and brass soloists." Gramophone (Greensleeves, Tallis, etc)

2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER: Chamber - Rosette [highest rating] - Penguin Stereo Guide (Phantasy Qtet, String Quarets)

"Drawing the most refined playing from the Bournemouth orchestra, not least the strings, [Bakels] finds in a relatively direct reading an extra purity and nobility, pointing the big emotional climaxes of the first and third movements most tellingly. Clear, refined recording to match." Penguin Guide (Syms 5 & 9)

"Powerful and dedicated. Kees Bakels draws ravishing sounds from the
Bournemouth Symphony." Penguin Guide (Sym. 2)

"Jennifer Pike opens The Lark Ascending with delicacy and grace, her
vibrato contained and expressive." The Strad