"BIS's third recording of the four tone poems by Sibelius ... is another winner ... Susanna Mälkki and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra produce wellcrafted, beautifully detailed accounts on a par with rival versions - including the Helsinki orchestra's own with Segerstam (with warm Ondine sound) from the mid-1990s ... BIS's sound is top-notch, as one expects, making this newcomer highly recommendable"

"Mälkki and the orchestra remarkably conjure the dark, swirling soundworld of 'Lemminkäinen in Tuonela' (the Hades of Finnish legend). And the concluding 'Lemminkäinen's Return' canters along in roistering style"

"This shrewdly assembled programme consists of three works which originated in the period 1893 to 1806. All three were subject to various revisions over time ... I enjoyed the performance. I think Susanna Mälkki makes a very fine job of all four pieces ... The excellence of the recorded sound is a significant factor. All three works are expertly recorded ... and these fine performances should be heard by all Sibelius admirers"