"The Utah forces are superb in every way, with magnificent sound and solid contributions from the choruses. These scores are deserving of such sonic splendor, and one senses the enthusiasm among all involved. But the interpretations lack nothing either, and though I will probably hang on to my previous favorites, Ormandy for Lieutenant Kije, and the uniquely unusual Reiner Nevsky (in English at that), I have a feeling that a hankering for this music will inevitably lead to me pulling this one off the shelves".