BBC Music Magazine November 2004 ***** “Any pre-existing notions that Mieczysław Vainberg's music is merely a pale imitation of his mentor Shostakovich should surely be banished after listening to this stunning disc. Gabriel Chmura and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra revel in the Rhapsody's many opportunities for virtuosity, and they deliver vibrant and committed accounts of the Symphony and Sinfonietta.”