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This set includes the Four Welsh Dances, not otherwise available on CD. These were the last to be written, and their mood follows on naturally from the ambivalence of the IrishDances. Penny's... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

[Andrew Penny] draws not just a concentrated, consistently committed performance from the Irish players, but a warmly resonant one. — Gramophone Magazine More…

This disc caps an important and very impressive musical achievement for Penny, his orchestra, and Naxos, and represents a fine tribute to a major 20th century symphonist. — Classics Today More…

Andrew Penny and the Irish Orchestra are at the peak of their form — BBC Music Magazine More…

Penny's recorded performances of the first two symphonies are no mean achievement. The playing has spirited spontaneity and it is to be hoped that this well-recorded Naxos disc will tempt many... — Gramophone Magazine More…

A good bargain alternative worth considering. — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

…this is lean music with no wasted notes, and it’s strikingly performed, with concentration in the playing and detail in the recording. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[The Cello's Concerto] idiom ought to be too thin, but somehow it isn't: instead it's lean, clean, and uncannily precise...the Symphony for Strings remains one of his most impressive creations... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

As a professional player, leader of the trumpet section in the LPO early in his career, Sir Malcolm Arnold was an enthusiastic composer of wind music. East Winds, made up of talented young... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2007 More…