Making this disc even more appealing, the couplings are plainly more interesting than the Musicmasters original issue. The Concerto for Flute and Percussion is an early piece (1939) that reveals Harrison's interest in experimenting with percussion sonorities before the Eastern influence became pervasive. Strict Songs is a gorgeous piece for choir, soloists, and chamber orchestra that deserves to be much better known. The words are typically "new age" but their very simplicity renders them timeless. We can only hope that the rest of Musicmasters' Harrison catalog appears on New World in due course. He was a major voice in 20th century music, and the excellent discography of his works that appeared in the last couple of decades of his life does not deserve to languish.

--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com