‘As to Hewitt's performances, they are as affectionate, warm, lyrical and charming as one could wish, underlining but not exaggerating Chabrier's deliciously predictable unpredictability’ (Gramophone)

‘Hewitt is at her best here, teasing out the yearning harmonies and shy cadences with a persuasive rubato’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘It is very fresh-face playing, bringing out, also, Chabrier's acknowledged debt to the French Baroque keyboard giants, while even Bach seems to hang over the gigue-like Scherzo-valse … wit and charm are in abundance’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘Angela Hewitt, in one of her best recordings to date, has captured Chabrier's musical spirit perfectly’ (International Record Review)

‘Pianists have missed some treats by neglecting Chabrier’s piano music. Angela Hewitt plays this refreshing selection with the same poetry, elegance and dancing touch that made her other French discs for Hyperion so special. The ten Pièces pittoresques take pride of place: dominated by sunshine, delightfully frisky rhythms and an early French Impressionist haze. Fed up of grey skies? Buy this disc and it’s already spring’ (The Times)

‘If you don't know Chabrier's piano music, then this is an ideal selection of his best (and best-known) works played with exactly the right amount of tenderness, Gallic wit, verve, and—the most important ingredient of all—charm’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘Hewitt is in excellent form throughout … well worth it, I'd say’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘In terms of recording, performance, and production, another success for the Hewitt-Hyperion collaboration’ (MusicWeb International)

‘Perhaps Angela Hewitt's freshly minted, sharply honed interprestations will inspire recitalists to dust off these unsung treasures’ (Classics Today)