“The piquant Concerto for oboe and strings, for me, takes the palm. Light on its feet, with some lovely moments for individual players in the first movement, it acquires a more ruminative, melancholy feel in the second where the soloist appears to be lost in her own thoughts. The quasi moto perpetuo finale brings out the youthful and spirited character of its dedicatee. This is a charming composition, winningly played.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2009

“This CD gives us his earnest Third Symphony, composed in the shadow of a grave illness, and the more impulsive Fourth, written after he’d made a full recovery. In between these comes his Oboe Concerto, which is beautifully played by his daughter Verity.” Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2009 ***