The performances here are excellent. Tim Hugh is a well-known cellist, and he pours on the tone with all of the rhapsodic abandon that Saygun requires. Mirjam Tschopp also is a superb violist, with a big, beefy tone that never gets swamped by the intricate orchestration. It's also very rewarding to hear a Turkish orchestra in this music--and to find that it plays beautifully under Howard Griffiths. CPO's ongoing series of orchestral and chamber works by Saygun is an important landmark in 20th-century music, and it deserves the broadest possible exposure and support. The sonics are also perfectly balanced and ideally clear. Fabulous!

--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com