‘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)

‘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)

‘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)

‘I was spellbound by both the music and the presentation … and have remained so ever since … a jewel in Hyperion's crown’ (Gramophone)

‘Spellbinding music … of rare beauty’ (Westminster Press)

‘This is a marvellously moving recital … restrained, unexaggerated, and very, very beautiful. High loveliness like this is not common’ (Hi-Fi News)