"A truly desirable project with the orchestra and recording team getting well into their stride in this cracker." - MusicWeb International "[Gipps's Second Symphony is a] thoroughly likeable creation… the spirit of RVW hovers benignly, and well worth getting to know, especially when given with such vigour and obvious affection. … Manchester-born [Butterworth's] Symphony was first heard under Barbirolli, though its origins trace back to Sibelius’s Sixth… copious allusions to the Finnish master… powerfully evocative of the North, strongly argued and confidently scored… a most enterprising pairing." - Gramophone