"There is always room for another Eine Kleine Nachtmusik when it is as well played as this. The small ensemble- the Swedish Chamber Orchestra- is atmospherically placed a fair distance from the microphones, but the recording makes clear how resilient the string playing is. I have one or two quibbles about Peter Sundkvist´s direction (a rather slow second theme in the first movement, a very fast finale) but most people will take these in their stride. What is undeniably good is the performance of the Serenata Notturna, the one with the timpani backing two string groups. The final item, the F major Divertimento, needs only six players, but if you do not mind the larger body of musicians. It, too, is nicely performed." --Review by Daily Mail August 2006
"One of Mozart´s best-known works is also one of his most mysterious. We have no idea why, or for whose entertainment, the 31-year-old wrote the Serenade in G major, K 525, popularly known as Eine Kleine Nachtmusick, shortly after the death of his father in the summer of 1787 (the same year as Don Giovanni). This sprightly rendering by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra under Petter Sundkvist, coupled with the earlier Serenata Notturna (1776) and the Divertimento in F major, Londron Night Music No 1 (1787), is the pick of this month´s budget-price Mozart CDs."
-- Anthony Holden, The Observer, 22/01/06