Arthaus Musik: 100320

"Solti…makes a powerful case for a work too often derided as formally awkward, or worse. The meticulously controlled breadth of the slow movement is extremely impressive, while the impetus Solti lends to the first and last movements helps to keep the reading unusually cogent. The brass sound magestic, but what perhaps counts for most in a performance strikingly rich in its tonal colours is the sweetness of the Bavarian strings, which makes the music friendlier, less remote, than is usual." Performance*****Presentation**** Stephen Pettitt, BBC Music Magazine, August 2002