It's clear the Birmingham orchestra chose its successor to Sakari Oramo and Simon Rattle very shrewdly: the young Latvian Andris Nelsons has made an immediate impact and this Stravinsky disc establishes his musical profile very strongly. This is not a sumptuous Firebird – indeed it is quite lean and hungry – but it is very sharply characterised and full of exotic sounds, beautifully captured and rising to a thrilling Infernal Dance and final climax. The surprising coupling with Symphony of Psalms brings a neo-classical coolness to the mixture, with a more recessed balance, but hypnotically sustained choral singing in the ethereal Laudate Dominum.