The performances by the Bournemouth Symphony under Marin Alsop are very fine: well detailed, sensitive to dynamics, and most importantly of all, just about perfectly paced. So much of the success of this music depends on keeping it flowing, and that's exactly what happens here. Dreamtime is hypnotic but not comatose, while A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden is particularly well done. Alsop is about a minute slower here than Ozawa (DG) or Otaka (BIS), and substantially more so than Iwaki (ABC Classics), but there's no suggestion of sluggishness, and textural detail registers with admirable clarity and point. This latter work also has more internal contrast than the other pieces on the disc, and Alsop has caught the trick of giving the loud outbursts impact without undue harshness. Naxos' engineering is excellent too. In sum, this is a welcome disc, a compelling tribute to one of the 20th century's major musical voices.