Nominee in Symphonic Music award category

“…All brilliantly played by the Bournemouth orchestra and captured in spectacular, wide-screen sound…”

“…What a discovery this third symphony is – music of great power, given the best possible performance here. The real mystery is why Lyatoshynsky has languished in obscurity for so long – and one can only hope that Chandos continues to exhume more of the composer’s long-unheard music. This is a work shaped under the influence of twentieth-century modernist movements, conducted by a conductor whose musical decisions have the authority of someone who directly embodies the legacy of the now-neglected composer.”

“… interesting symphonic music, very well performed and in refined sound.”

“An important addition to the catalogue in a fine surround recording.”

“…Reeking of cordite and resonant with tocsins, full of foreboding but often idyllic and colourful.”

Performance *****      Recording *****

“… The Bournemouth Symphony play the music with polish and full commitment under Karabits’s sure direction.”

Editor’s Choice – Orchestral Section

“… Karabits and his Bournemouth players really bring out the detail of Lyatoshynsky’s imaginative orchestration [Symphony No. 3], and what might seem in other hands a somewhat sprawling work is here given a carefully shaped rendition of great intensity … The music [Grazhyna] is much more romantic in tone that the symphony … it is very pictorial music indeed. The players of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra react to it with vigour and dedication, and their performances benefit from outstanding engineering. More Lyatoshynsky, please!”

“… worth getting to know.” ****