"There's some fascinating revealing of unlikely counterpoints in the Second Symphony ... His big-boned Sixth Symphony makes the most of all those frantic interruptions and is more poker-faced than Laurel and Hardy ... But there is some fine Nielsen-playing here, even if that last dose of authenticity so vital to this insistent, singular music can evade Järvi and his orchestra on occasion"

"Vurdering: Presto disc of the week" - "The relatively little-known First Symphony is in many ways quite Brahmsian, though already shows foretastes of Nielsen's bold, progressive style. Järvi's musicians respond sensitively to the soaring tutti phrases of the opening, and his wind principals start as they mean to go on with several flawlessly-executed solo passages ... I can't think of a better navigator than Paavo Järvi to guide the ear through Nielsen's changing symphonic languages"

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or"

"Blomstedts eller Gilberts indspilninger er indimellem mere gribende med deres kropslige orkesterklang. Järvis mindre pompøse tilgang raffinerer i stedet overgangene og de stille passager, med fokus på Nielsens indre kampe og vilje til liv. Et liv, der ikke lader sig slukke, men derimod her finder en sindrig vej gennem symfonierne"

"There's a prevailing freshness and briskness which draws on the excellent Frankfurt Radio Symphony's playing, especially the clean-cut brass, to emphasise Nielsen's clarity, a contrast to the lush post-Romanticism then fashionable in central Europe ... Paavo Järvi's spare, clear-sighted view of Nielsen is refreshing and impressive"