‘Butt's direction combines spontaneous freshness with a care for expressive phrasing.’ Gramophone
‘…the instrumental textures have a springing, dancing vitality.’ The Guardian
‘Wonderfully lithe instrumental playing.’ Hi-Fi News
‘The playing of the Dunedin Players under John Butt is admirably crisp.’ The Sunday Telegraph
The Sunday Herald Scotland
'Crisp, freshly thought and very carefully realised without loss of apparent spontaneity...'
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BBC Music Magazine
'Melodic ideas are beautifully punctuated and phrased, vibrato is used strictly ornamentally, and tempos strike my sensibilities as pretty well ideal.'
The Guardian
'...a profoundly expressive study in texture and articulation, with the string lines effortlessly and naturally interlaced.'
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BBC Radio 3
'... intimate, measured and yet always joyful...'
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