"CDs des Monats: Kirill Karabits stellt infernalische Schrecken, verklärte Paradies-Hoffnung, die Leidenschaft der Francesca-da-Rimini-Episode und vieles mehr in diesem vielfarbigen Panorama gleich intensiv, mit geradezu greifbarer Plastizität dar. Mithilfe der sehr guten Tontechnik führt er Liszt ... als Klangzauberer vor, stellt herrliche Orchesterfarben, eine leuchtende, diaphane Textur in den Vordergrund, gibt klarer, pointierter Diktion den Vorzug vor dickem Pathos"

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or"

"Franz Liszt's orchestral works are not the most subtle creations in the world ... However, if you are curious about these under-recognised pieces and fancy plunging into some febrile mid-19th-century sensibility, this disc is a good place to start ... Karabits and the Staatskapelle offer powerful and well-balanced accounts, taking the works on their own terms and drawing out the best they have to offer ... In the Symphony's Magnificat, the two choruses step aboard and soar, as if a natural part of the orchestra. Recorded sound is warm and pleasing"

"Avoiding stodgy solemnity and keeping it light on its feet, Karabits propels it forwards with graceful urgency, and brings terrific energy to the final peroration, where the playing is vituoso and the Weimar brass, excellent throughout, sound splendidly gleaming and triumphant Künstlerfestzug. With its companion pieces we are on more familiar ground ... The Künstlerfestzug makes the disc essential listening for Lisztians"