The hymn of Jesus

"Vurdering: Gramophone choice" - "This keenly poetic, at times daringly spacious and shrewdly observant account finds Mark Elder and his combined Hallé forces operating at the very top of their game ... Baritone Roderick Williams's ... involvement is total; indeed, his heart-rending delivery of the transcendental closing section ... never fails to bring a lump to the throat ... This imposing Hallé newcomer demands to be heard".

"The Hallé choir ... is fine at either extreme ... Mark Elder here as elsewhere feeling the sheer stillness that is sometimes at the centre of this nevertheless impassioned score. He also coaxes some magical playing from the Hallé players ... As the baritone narrator, Roderick Williams, similarly attentive, though less weighty than Bryn Terfel, quite English-sounding ... does a fine job ... The Hallé is still near the top of the league".