"Absolute jest ... is a staggeringly challenging work for the ensemble, and both the RSNO and the Doric Quartet, led by Oundjian ... aquit themselves magnificently ... If the overall performance is without some of the manic, driven energy ... all the better for clarity of detail and contour ... it's plenty exciting ... And the almost twice as long Naive and Sentimental Music ... How wonderful to have these penetrating ... interpretations ... I'd be hard-pressed to name another recent release which affords greater aural pleasure or more significant nourishment, beginning to end".