Editor's Choice Gramophone (UK)
Album Choice of the Month Hi-FI News (UK)

Classical Albums of 2011 ‘the great British maestro brings the expansiveness and rigour of his celebrated Sibelius to two of the Danish composer’s most frequently heard symphonies’
The Sunday Times (UK)

Disc of the Week 'Davis's Fifth is even finer than his Fourth, and his taut grasp on the pulse of this music is magisterial' Sunday Times (UK)

'The playing and recording are both exemplary' The Guardian (UK)

Album Choice 'The LSO is on top form throughout in one of the more successful Barbican recordings – the all-important timpani parts are ideally incisive' Hi-Fi News (UK)

Choice of the Month Orchestral BBC Music Magazine (UK)

'(Davis's) 4th is thrilling ... his strings are excellent, as is the rest of the orchestra ... Davis is able to balance the moments of ferocity with the moments of peace' American Record Guide (US)

'Cracking energy marks both performances, particularly the Inextinguishable which is given a virtuoso fast-paced reading of immense power. The two sets of timpani in the finale are beautifully recorded' ClassicalCDReview.com  (UK)