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There’s no mistaking [Gamba’s] affection for the idiom: his 70-minute anthology would seem intent on seducing the general collector. Very attractive it is too…An eminently recommendable disc. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2018 More…

The performances of these works by Rumon Gamba and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra are authoritative and impeccable. The wind and brass sections of the orchestra seem very accomplished, satisfying... — Fanfare, Sep/Oct 2023 More…

…a vital, vividly scored and eventually stirring piece. When d'Indy escapes from his determination to build most of it from the same two themes, he comes up with moments of breathtaking poetry... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s a spring in Tortelier’s step with the Icelanders, a sappy bounce to the opening Allegro molto… The strings are alert and light and the woodwinds attack Gounod’s melodious writing with... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

For me, the palm goes to the delightful and generally ignored Saugefleurie, where duty bows before inspiration. Throughout, the playing is warm and unfussy. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Rumon Gamba plays the [Symphonie Italienne] straight, without fuss, and the results are excellent. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Rumon Gamba...draws deeply sympathetic playing from his orchestra, leaving us to wish that d'Indy had always composed thus. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…