‘More secular music than their previous albums, a programme that they tell us emerged from their first tour outside the walls of the Cambridge chapels where they were first performing together over a decade ago. Renaissance pieces to contemporary composers, arrangements of traditional folksongs woven throughout—it’s a delight’ (BBC Record Review)

‘Fascinating listening, especially in the hands of the forthright and luminous Amsterdam Piano Trio’ (The Times)» More

‘This is such elegant, sensitive playing … truly, these two are a heaven-made Beethoven match … Watkins and Bax have embraced Beethoven’s fire and storms, but also found beauty and balance that others miss. Certainly it feels as though a new Beethoven cello sonatas benchmark has landed. Or at the very least, I’m not sure that I’ve ever personally enjoyed a set so much’ (Gramophone)

‘Hyperion's The Romantic Piano Concerto series is one of a kind, featuring 235 works for piano and orchestra, many of them rarely heard, extending beyond the well-loved yet typical selection of repertoire we might expect from a collection like this. Remarkably, 121 recordings are premieres, with many others having only been recorded once prior. The 1991-2007 edition gathers an outstanding roster of 19 pianists (including Howard Shelley, the first pianist to record for Hyperion in 1988), 21 conductors and 14 orchestras, performing works by 59 composers. Beautifully presented with comprehensive booklet notes, this is the monumental first half of an exciting project, the second of which is set to be issued in 2027’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘A golden moment, here, in the career of Lise Davidsen … the programme is a crowd-pleaser in the best sense’ (Gramophone)

‘These musicians cannot put a foot wrong, either technically or musically. The voices remain fresh and interesting throughout … of the other works presented here the most substantial are the two psalm-motets Cantate Domino and Miserere mei, Deus, both presented with a fully convincing sense of their form and grand design … the recording comes with a highly original booklet note by Grantley McDonald, which reveals a truly awesome account of the composer’s unpaid debts throughout his life’ (Gramophone)

‘This is a fine showcase for the string music of the Australian composer Carl Vine, given by several of his close collaborators … a cornucopia of arresting ideas … an album of constantly inventive music, beautifully played. The recording has excellent balance and clarity’ (The Strad)

‘A fascinating portrait of a composer who produces music of undoubted appeal and expressive focus. Well worth investigating’ (Gramophone)

‘A pianist of extraordinary fluency and athleticism’ (Gramophone)

‘Founded as recently as 2024, the Amsterdam Piano Trio makes its recording debut with this Hyperion release … I’m delighted to report that both individually and corporately these young musicians acquit themselves most impressively … as usual, Hyperion’s engineering is superb, with a near-ideal balance between the instruments. All in all, then, a most auspicious debut’ (Gramophone)

‘Cinquecento consists of five male voices with an extra tenor needed for the Cantate Domino. Their blend is exemplary, as is their diction; they also have a rare way of colouring their voices, dependent on the text, so that there is next to no blandness or sense of routine … they sing with a ‘sumptuous luminosity’ … Hyperion discs of this sort are always well supplied with excellent liner notes, and this is no exception’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘The acid test [of Verklärte Nacht] is whether you’ve forgotten that it’s an arrangement after a couple of minutes … I fell under its spell all over again in this performance from the Amsterdam Piano Trio … the Schoenberg works well alongside their eloquent account of Tchaikovsky's Op 50 Piano Trio and the brilliance of Gugnin’s playing in some of the variations of it is breathtaking. It arrived yesterday on Hyperion—it’s my Record of the Week’ (BBC Record Review)