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“These are fine performances….The Bournemouth chorus sing cleanly….. The orchestra sustain all comparisons and one feels David Hill’s direction to be both firm and inspiring.” Gramophone

“Gerald Finzi's music here is full of inescapable echoes of the melodies and harmonies of Elgar and Vaughan Williams, the ceremonial pomp of Parry… But he had a distinctive gift for setting English poetry… which shines through the large-scale setting of Wordsworth's ode Intimations of Immortality... This new account boasts an eloquent soloist in James Gilchrist, fine orchestral playing, and choral singing which is accomplished if occasionally lacking in extremes of attack or intimacy.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2006 ****