“This Atoll recording features an NZSO in fine form, under the experienced baton of Marc Taddei…”
“Some pre-concert talks are more fascinating than others; Taddei’s are among the best: he has a gift that reaches both young people and those who might think they know it all, and serious assistants (in the French sense; to avoid the obnoxious word attendees) should make time for them.”
“… the concert finished with the splendor of of Haydn’s D Major Symphony – No 86, and this alone was worth the price of admission. The strings were dazzling, the wind sonorous and the brass – what wonderfully confident trumpets – and timpani were absolutely resplendent”