“From the outset, Mathieson conducted with total, crystalline clarity and control. The first movement’s great harmonic arc was beautifully sketched… The tone and feel of the symphony’s very first notes could still be heard in the last ones, a rare achievement even among the best conductors.”

Max Rashbrooke, Stuff, May 2021 (for NZSO: Takemitsu, Ker and Berlioz)