Marc Taddei draws playing from the New Zealand orchestra that is warm in the lyricism and incisive in Walton’s characteristic syncopations.
“ this disc is pretty much unbeatable.”
“…Marc Taddei took things to another level. This performance of Brahms’ First Symphony was simply hair-raising. All the brass, with the brilliant horns to the fore, crowned a performance in which Taddei’s fiery interpretation took no prisoners. Astonishing.”
“One of Marc Taddei’s many strengths is his eye for programming”
“Taddei’s ability to react to the singers’ spur-of-the-moment changes of tempo, elongation of phrases or individual notes was seismographic. – Peter Shaw, New Zealand Listener”