"Throughout, the performance strips away a layer of what we think of as classical restraint and gives the work tremendous impact. This goes too for the soloists, who, soprano Carolyn Sampson above all, are ideal for the work ... Highly recommended, even revelatory Haydn"

"Editor's choice: What emphatically sets this Seasons apart from all previous recordings, whatever the language, is the scale ... The big choruses, toppled by a shining, un-wobbly soprano line, generate a visceral excitement unmatched by any rivals ... McCreesh and his massed Anglo-Polish forces have given us a Seasons that thrillingly catches both the work's bucolic exhilaration and its invocations of the sublime. And for sheer sonic splendour it's in a class of its own"

Vurdering: 4/5

"BBC music choice - recording of the month: The performance matches the high standards of McCreesh's previous grand choral projects ... McCreesh revels in Haydn's masterly skills in writing for orchestra, choir and soloists ... The choir's tone is full-bodied yet never heavy ... The soloists are expertly chosen ... while McCreesh's conducting is responsive to every subtle shade within Haydn's grand spiritual vision"