"This new Schubert disc has all tha familiar virtues of Zinman and his players at their refreshing and vital best. It starts with one of the most animated and charming accounts of the Third Symphony I've ever heard - a gem of a performance, beautifully played ... The recorded sound is excellent ... which add to the attractiveness of this very rewarding and enjoyable release"

"David Zinman and his expert band give predictably athletic, tightly disciplined performances of two contrasting early Schubert symphonies: the blithe, compact Third ... and the more ambitious, far-reaching if hardly 'tragic' Fourth ... With sparing string vibrato, crisp, no-nonsense tempi and valveless trumpets and horns, the performances have a period feel ... Zinman's coursing vitality is always exhilarating"