Fono Forum2008 JanuarafafAndreas Friesenhagen2008 Januar"Richard Cooke bringt eine beeindruckende, schon fast kinotaugliche Aufführung auf die Beine. Es gibt wunderbar kontemplative Momente, zupackend Dramatisches, das Tempo ist insgesamt recht hoch. Dieser Zugriff bekommt dem Werk erstaunlich gut".
BBC music magazine2012 NovemberafafCalum MacDonald2012 November"Vurdering: BBC music choral song choice" - "Mark Elder has perfect control of the large forces and dramatic pacing. Brindley Sherratt is an affecting, dark-voiced, haunted Judas, Jacques Imbrailo an authoritative Jesus ... I'm inclined to rate this new Hallé version the most nearly definitive Apostles yet".
International record review2012 OctoberafafPiers Burton-Page2012 October"Vurdering: IRR outstanding" - "All six of the soloists ... are outstanding ... The Hallé Orchestra players seem to be Elgarians to a man or woman, right down to the last stroke of gong or tambourine from Elgar's unusually expansive percussion section".
The gramophone2012 NovemberafafAndrew Achenbach2012 November"Vurdering: Gramophone choice" - "Sir Mark Elder and his Hallé forces continue to set stellar standards in large-scale Elgar ... Not only does Elder obtain playing and singing of the utmost accomplishment and sensitivity, his hughely penetrating interpretation evinces an idiomatic pliancy, sure dramatic instinct and iron grip, as well as scrupulous fidelity to both the letter and spirit of the score ... A set absolutely not to be missed".