Hollywood soundstage

"Recording of the week: Every single piece is given the respect it deserves, and Wilson is never content just to go along with any performing traditions that might have accrued over the years ... I can't really recall any other album recently that has been so full of such joyous, exuberant, and infectiously emotional playing".

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Recommended: Of late, John Wilson has been exploring the symphonic repertoire on disc with the Sinfonia of London. Now, however, he turns his attention back to the Golden Age of Hollywood with some choice examples of music composed for the silver screen between 1939 and 1965 ... I enjoyed this album very much indeed. The playing is superb from start to finish ... But it's the composers who must take the final bow. This programme demonstrates in spades the invention and craftsmanship of some of the composers - and arrangers - who were at the musical heart of the Golden Age of Hollywood. The music sounds superb on this disc. Treat yourself to an hour of pure musical pleasure".

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"This exploration of music from the Golden Age of Hollywood has something for everyone. I would be surprised if the track listing did not include someone's favourite film from 1939-1965. My own candidates are The Wizard of Oz, My Fair Lady and How to Marry a Millionaire ... Predictably, the recording is outstanding. These eight scores are played with love, affection and complete integrity. Each of them can be enjoyed as a concert piece, with no thought for the movie. One hopes for much more of such repertoire to follow".

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"Editor's choice: It was inevitable - and only appropriate - that John Wilson's reborn Sinfonia of London should celebrate their prolific past (and specifically the 300 film soundtracks they recorded) by returning to the proverbial sound stage with the man who has lived, breathed and respected this repertoire for so long. So a collective swoon, if you will, for the young Bette David and swarthy Errol Flynn as they sweep into frame on the crest of a composer whom Wilson has fast adopted as his own, Erich Korngold ... He has listened long and hard to the way the Hollywood studio orchestras played this music and has recreated it to the manner born for our technologically advanced times".