"The real reason to aquire it is Sir Simon's marvellous interpretations of the four symphonies, which feel both long-considered, yet in their first actual realization, sound rediscovered as new"

"Unadventurous is not a charge anyone could ever level at Rattle ... Thus Rattle makes no-apology for Schumann's orchestration ... Neither is there a hint of routine in the playing: the richness of the Berlin strings and beauty of the woodwind go without saying. There's the expected virtuosity, too ... Admirers of the Philharmonic and/or Rattle will need no persuading"

"Berlinerne spiller aldeles suverænt ... langt lettere og mere graciøst end den næsten knugende tyngde, man kender fra Wilhelm Furtwängler og andre legendariske dirigenter. Det her er Schumann à la Mendelssohn, en oplevelse, man måske lige skal vænne sig til, men som hurtigt bliver ren og skær nydelse"