‘Music so agreeably appealing needs no further comment from me, and when the performances are as idiomatic and perky as these, captured in such fine sound, the disc becomes self-recommending. Good, clean fun!’ (Classics Today)

‘An absolute must for every Françaix addict’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘An hour's worth of pure delight’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘Four delightful works. Music which is as easy on the ear as it is beguilingly performed. A magical disc ideal for unwinding after a long hard day at the chalk face’ (Classic CD)

‘Thierry Fischer secures some authentically Gallic character from the Ulster Orchestra … wonderful’ (Yorkshire Post)

«Très bien composé, ce nouveau disque témoigne parfaitement des influences et des particularismes de l’art clair et spirituel de Françaix» (Répertoire, France)

‘Thoroughly entertaining and immensely intelligent’ (The Evening Standard)

‘The Ulster Orchestra has acquired a deserved reputation for the strength of its sectional work and the quality of its soloists, both aspects of performance that come to the fore in Françaix … highly recommended’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘This collection serves to remind us what 20th-century joys can be found away from the fashionable modernists. The Ulster players may not actually be French, but they fooled me. An utter delight’ (The Times)

‘The Ulster Orchestra sound captivated by this music, as well they might … pure pleasure from beginning to end’ (International Record Review)

‘Again and again while listening to Thierry Fischer's ebullient performances I smile and wish that I had met Jean Françaix’ (Gramophone)

‘An hour of pure joy’ (BBC Music Magazine)