‘This is a delightfully nostalgic trip through English part-singing from the first half of the 20th century. The programme is deftly chosen and Laudibus give heart-warming accounts’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘A delightful record’ (Gramophone)

‘Oodles of stunning arias … if you only buy one opera set this year, against all the odds make it Artaxerxes and prepare, like Haydn, to be amazed!’ (Classic CD)

‘Rich orchestrations, virtuoso vocal parts and captivating tunes … a work of many charms’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘This sparkling performance readily explains why Arne's opera was such a success when first produced at Covent Garden in 1762. Roy Goodman's direction is inspired’ (The Guardian)

‘A warm welcome to the first recording of this opera, a work of great historical importance and musically fascinating … enormously enjoyable, full of good melodies, richly orchestrated, never long-winded … this is certainly a set that I can recommend warmly to anyone curious about this byway of 18th-century opera and to anyone who is drawn to Arne's very individual and appealing style’ (Gramophone)

‘Should afford plenty of enjoyment. Recommended … buy it!’ (Gramophone)

‘A very welcome bargain reissue of one of Thea King's most inspired recordings’ (The Guardian)

‘The Nash’s superb 1984 set of Malcolm Arnold’s chamber music makes a welcome return. The wide stereo spread of the quintets … enhances the sense of being in the room with the musicians’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘An entertaining, at times compelling portrait of a British composer whose true measure we’re only just beginning to gauge’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘Reveals Arnold at his most inventive: tuneful, witty and ingenious … the performances by the individual members of the Nash are impeccable. This set may one day be equalled but it is unlikely to be bettered, and it deserves classic status’ (International Record Review)

‘An entertaining, at times compelling, portrait’ (Classic FM Magazine)