“The new recording on Collins by Sir Alexander Gibson (a Sibelius specialist) .... is easily his best version and can hold its head high among the competition. There is nothing lack-lustre or low voltage about the orchestral playing .. thoroughly committed and involving, and is, predictably, free from eccentricities: in short, it is a performance of integrity. (on sound recording: this Collins is able to accommodate climaxes with greater comfort...microphone placing secures greater transparency from the strings although there is no lack of vividness and presence)” (Gramophone).
