‘If you lack a top-class set of these middle-period symphonies, buy these discs and make good the gap’ (Early Music Review)

‘If you lack a top-class set of these middle-period symphonies, buy these discs and make good the gap’ (Early Music Review)

'[Rebecca Miller] brings her superlative energy to three symphonies by Haydn, which capture the full range of moods and emotions—from nobility to excitement' (Classic FM)» More

‘A very impressive disc, full of magnificent and imaginative music most sparklingly and freshly played and very well recorded’ (CDReview)

‘These recordings are aglow with aural warmth and tonal beauty; they bubble with vitality. Glory follows upon glory with Haydn's memorable melodies and wonderful harmonies leaping from page to the ear. These recordings sparkle with enthusiasm as well as a love of the repertoire’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘These recordings are aglow with aural warmth and tonal beauty; they bubble with vitality. Glory follows upon glory with Haydn's memorable melodies and wonderful harmonies leaping from page to the ear. These recordings sparkle with enthusiasm as well as a love of the repertoire’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘These recordings are aglow with aural warmth and tonal beauty; they bubble with vitality. Glory follows upon glory with Haydn's memorable melodies and wonderful harmonies leaping from page to the ear. These recordings sparkle with enthusiasm as well as a love of the repertoire’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Roy Goodman's Haydn series with the Hanover Band has been an unmitigated pleasure. This is vital and energetic Haydn playing where clarity and crispness are allied to a real flair for capturing the musical character of each movement. These endlessly imaginative performances are among the best of all period-instrument Haydn’ (International Record Review)

‘Absolutely charming … highly recommended’ (Fanfare, USA)

'Sir Colin Davis was famously disinterested in the historically informed school of Haydn, yet there’s so much tender affection for the music and appreciation of its wit and imagination as you just heard, that despite some stately tempi these performances are richly rewarding' (BBC CD Review)

‘Roy Goodman's Haydn series with the Hanover Band has been an unmitigated pleasure. This is vital and energetic Haydn playing where clarity and crispness are allied to a real flair for capturing the musical character of each movement. These endlessly imaginative performances are among the best of all period-instrument Haydn’ (International Record Review)

'Colin Davis is alive to every nuance of Haydn’s late masterpiece. The conductor’s lightness of touch allows the music to flow like quicksilver … the soloists are also on beguiling form … Sir Colin, revelling in his glorious Indian summer with the LSO, points heavenwards in this visionary reading of Haydn’s late masterpiece' (Classic FM Magazine)