"Editor's choice: Wilson aims to unite the Apollonian and Dionysian, as perspicacious about matters of sonority and articulation as Roth while operating at higher emotional voltage ... Wilson's preoccupation with colour and texture extends to the vowel sounds of the chorus ... Not the least of the glories of the present set is the sound per se ... No coupling but for my money this is the finest recorded Daphnis for a generation"

"Recommended: Daphnis and Chloe is, I think, Ravel's finest work and it has had several good recordings over the years ... Now John Wilson, who has already made some fine recordings of French music, has entered the field ... The result is a wonderfully refined and atmospheric performance ... In fact, all the big scenes are well done ... Warmly recommended"

"Recommended: Wilson has prepared a new version of the score for this recording, correcting hundreds of little errors that have crept into the published score, and that level of familiarity with the nuts and bolts of the work really counts. Nothing is approximate or sketchy. Every one of the many, many textures is carefully and precisely rendered and the effect is startling ... This recording is one to be listened to again and again"

"This is, generally, a stunning performance, whether the kaleidoscopic wind colours of the part-one dances or ravishing glories of the part-three sunrise. Moreover, Chandos certainly know how to capture Ravel's complex orchestral score, with an ideal combination of a warm glow and sense of space, without losing any of the minutiae"

"Wilson has produced a new edition - but, while generations of musicians to come will thank him, his amendments, small and often subtle, are not really this recording's USP. Instead, it's the quality of the performance by the Sinfonia of London ... It opens with a long first crescendo that just keeps on growing, and this burgeoning wall of sound in turn gives way to melodic playing of a Hollywood golden age kind of lushness"