"The whole performance was so overwhelmingly brilliant"
Carmina Burana October 2009
"It's not just the stunning playing; it's also the quality of the musicianship and the conductor's interpretative insight. Claus Efland is amongst that distinguished company of conductors who is incapable of giving a dull or routine performance."
Nielsen Symphony Number 2 - February 2010
"This performance, like the same orchestras recent and unforgettable account of Nielsens Second Symphony, was outstanding music making by any standard. The playing of the Bardi, in all departments is astounding."
Dvorak, Verdi and Beethoven - February 2009.
"The characterisation in Holsts Planets Suite was outstanding - which was at its best in the loud, extrovert sections; whereas Efland achieved a wonderful balance between elemental force and ethereal delicacy. Mars was as menacing as Ive ever heard it, Venus, cool and limpid. Mercury was fleet of foot and beautifully balanced. Jupiter was in turn flamboyant and dignified the jagged rhythms cleanly articulated, and Saturn harrowing in its depiction of desolation and despair. This was undoubtedly one of the most impressive accounts of this work Ive ever heard – and Ive heard a few!"
The Planets Holst - September 2010
"The results conductor Claus Efland achieves are astounding, as is the total commitment and concentration of each player - giving one hundred per cent in every bar."
