Although this performance of Verklarte Nacht begins a little more briskly than most, weight of expression tends to impede rather than further the musical flow. It is never dull, however, and the ECO, in a constricted but warm acoustic, is excellent from top to bottom. There's a touching reminder of Cecil Aronowitz's special eloquence in Hindemith's Trauermusik, and the Bartok Divertimento, while often rather heavy-handed has some nice touches of delicacy, as well as of that forcefulness which hints at the work's symphonic subtext.

-- Arnold Whittall, Gramophone [12/1994]