‘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)

'Sir Colin Davis’s 1969 recording of this oratorio for Philips was considered a landmark, so it’s interesting that, 40 years on, he has revisited it with the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Haydn produced a work of tumbling invention and touching humanity that transcends the bucolic text, and Davis directs with evident relish. Soloists Miah Persson, Jeremy Ovenden and Andrew Foster-Williams bring the changing seasons to vivid life and the LSO plays with typical grace and superb colour from the woodwinds' (Yorkshire Post)

‘With the LSO on prime form … [Sir Colin Davis] is as responsive as ever both to the zest and humour of this most joyous of oratorios, and to the symphonic / contrapuntal grandeur of movements like the final chorus of Spring ... this exhilarating and affectionate LSO performance can be recommended to anyone wanting The Seasons in German, performed with modern instruments on the grand scale we know Haydn relished' (Gramophone)

‘Hugely enjoyable performances’ (Soundscapes, Australia)

‘This is one of the very best records from these excellent players and the recording is absolutely first-class’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘Well-nigh perfect throughout’ (Gramophone)

‘Another strongly recommnded CD!’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Fine performances which are likely to provide lasting pleasure, as is already proven from previous issues’ (Early Music Review)

‘The Salomon Quartet exude wit and warmth which the detailed and luminous sound quality assists’ (Soundscapes, Australia)