"Louis Glass' symfoni er flot spillet af Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, der står for en serie af hans symfonier"

"CPO's cycle of Louis Glass' recordings has reached volume 3, which contains Symphony No.4 ... Composed in 1908 but not premiered until 1911, this is a strong example of Danish late-Romanticism, cast in four movements ... Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie plays what must have been unfamiliar music with confidence and finesse; some of the wind solos are exemplary and the orchestral verticality, right to the weighty lower brass and bass, is wholly apropos. Raiskin directs finely, and more quickly and incisively than the competition ... You won't be disappointed by Raiskin's creative decision-making and his orchestra's expressive commitment"

"Glass may not have had the inventive genius of his contemporary Nielsen but, in his own tuneful, late-Romantic way, was no mean symphonist. The Adagio third movement here is particularly exquisite"

"Die vierte Sinfonie (1911) von Louis Glass ist ein gross und bedeutend dimensioniertes Werk, das der dänische Komponist unverkennbar als ein Hauptwerk plante. Doch trägt seine musikalische Fantasie nicht weit genug ... Dabei bemühen sich Daniel Raiskin und die Rheinische Philharmonie aus Koblenz, der Musik durch spürbares Engagement aufzuhelfen, ohne doch zu brillieren"

Vurdering: 4/5

"All six of the Glass symphonies have been recorded before ... David Raiskin and cpo have already issued the Third ... Here is the four-movement Fourth Symphony ... Daniel Raiskin sympathetically directs the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie. He latches on to the work's high romance and has us forgiving its moments when Homer nods and the tension briefly slackens. It's a chunky and, admittedly, gangling Brucknerian work"