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Good tunes and the Devil combine in an unabashed romantic American rarity. The leading roles are splendidly characterised by Lauren Flanigan and Richard Zeller, well supported in a rehabilitation... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2007 More…

The Nordic Symphony was completed when Hanson was in Rome studying with Respighi – stylistically it brings Sibelius south to Italy. The Nashville performance can be compared with the Seattle... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Much of this CD is an orgy of romantic piano music. Admirers of Hanson's Romantic Symphony or his one-time smash-hit opera MerryMount (available on Naxos) will surely devour this collection,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

This disc demonstrates how both Gregorian chant and the Lutheran chorale undergird the structure of many of Hanson’s works — MusicWeb International, June 2012 More…

this is a superb reading of the Third Symphony, superior indeed to the composer’s own. The addition of the Merry Mount suite is valuable...
One cannot imagine that Schwarz’s reading of the Third... — MusicWeb International, December 2012 More…