“Stern has selected a challenging and exciting programme.… Stern and his players put the music across with dash and no little brilliance. This [Hindemith] score has been a favourite of mine ever since I first encountered it through Abbado’s Decca recording over forty years ago. I enjoyed this Kansas performance very much. … There’s much to admire in the Prokofiev too. … The playing is crisp and pointed and the orchestra puts the music across convincingly. … This is an impressively played and engineered programme and the convenience of having these three works on the same disc is not to be sneezed at. If the programme attracts you as much as it attracts me I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. …well worth hearing.” —John Quinn
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