‘For sheer tunefulness it is hard to resist … an impressive achievement … a set which deserves to win many new friends for this absudly little-known score’ (The Independent) ‘Enchanting, heartwarming’ (Fanfare, USA) ‘A superb interpreter … his lively, loving approach revealing an inherent toughness that lifts the score right out of the category of the rural picturesque’ (Opera Now)