“[Beni Mora] offers opportunities that this team seizes wonderfully, as one gorgeous woodwind solo after another deftly conjures the composer's exotic surroundings...Davis's approach to The Planets goes for no-nonsense directness rather than sonic gross-out...Mercury, the Winged Messenger scintillates, while the strange, remote sounds of Neptune, The Mystic are hauntingly captured.” --Classic FM Magazine, April 2011 *****
“"Saturn" stands out for its remorseless tread, ominously tangible tubular bells and magnificently built climax...["Uranus"'s] unnervingly bleak coda and the first half of "Neptune" are perceptively handled” --Gramophone Magazine, March 2011
“Davis's new performance takes off with 'Saturn': this may not match the sense of weariness Boult conveys, but its inexorable progress is highly effective, and the bells for once sound as if they've been hit by something metallic to alrming effect. 'Uranus, the Magician' is done with an infectious sense of showmanship, while the miraculous shades and textures of 'Neptune' are beautifully caught in the recording.” --BBC Music Magazine, April 2011 ***“'Mars', one of his best performances, is quite fast, rigidly controlled, frighteningly bleak and with a cold sound...Even the terrific climax, with ffff organ chords, has a barren quality to it...'Venus' sounds cool, even melancholy rather than peaceful after 'Mars'. 'Uranus' is splendidly done, with a harsh brass opening and a spooky delicacy in the hopping rhythms.” --International Record Review, March 2011
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