'This is likeable stuff. Brown’s largely accessible style is most inventive in the depictions of countryside scenes from his childhood in the Clarinet Concerto, the central work here.'
BBC Music Magazine

'The music of James Francis Brown (b.1969) is one of Britain’s well-kept secrets…Orchestra Nova’s performances are thoroughly committed and wining, proving themselves real partners to the four excellent soloists and splendid Royal Holloway Choir, all playing with a relish matched on the podium by Vass. The sound is terrific, too. A must-buy disc!'
Gramophone

'There’s much to enjoy here in music of crafted, refined eloquence and obvious kinship with Vaughan Williams at his most lyrical and elegant while retaining its own, articulate identity.'
Classical Ear

'A warm, rewarding work'
BBC Radio 3 Record Review

'[...] the orchestral writing bringing energy and intensity to the Latin texts.'
Lark Reviews