Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Hugo Cole says '. . .a serious and substantial work. . .The slow movement, based on a dramatic unison, reminds us that Berlioz is one of Arnold's favourite composers. With the art that conceals art, Arnold makes us forget the limitations of the medium, and exploits these players' particular skills in ways that make it seem as though the skills must have been acquired to do justice to the piece'. The Guardian, 10th July 1979 / Niveau : Assez Facile / Répertoire / Conducteur

Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Edward Greenfield writes '. . .chamber music writ large, often abrasive in an almost Stravinskian way. . .the emotional weight is borne by the central slow movement. . . The finale is a brisk march, interrupted at one point by horn fanfares, in which the second of the two trios hauntingly brings scrunching cluster-chords pianissimo. Gramophone, December 1992/ Répertoire / Conducteur

Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. '. . .has a genuine music-hall flavour, with lots of gusto, a winning waltz theme, an Offenbachian can-can and even twittering bird effects in the tuneful pot-pourri towards the end of the suite.'Ivan March, Gramophone, February 1994/ Recueil / Conducteur