What makes Davis's Sibelius compelling is that he manages to have it both ways. He gives these fine players the encouragement to turn individual passages into moments of spine-tingling magic... But he never loses sight of the bigger objective, which is to pull together, bit by bit, the seemingly disparate themes... I doubt whether I shall ever hear an orchestra and conductor achieve a closer rapport in Sibelius. (BBC Radio 3). "One of the finest performances of Sibelius's Seventh ever on disc." (Classic FM). "Mature wisdom and beautiful playing." (The Times).
