‘[In the Violin Sonata] Marianne Thorsen and pianist Ian Brown steal the show. It makes a superb finale to a disc that works equally well whether you sample individual pieces or savour it as a whole. ...
‘This is an admirable compilation of consistently fine performances of almost all of Schumann's shorter chamber music for one or two instruments and piano, and as such is most valuable as a collection ...
‘Chamber-music royalty … never more persuasive-sounding than here … a gorgeous, unmissable disc of great, too infrequently heard chamber music’ (The Sunday Times)