‘Pianist Min-Jung Kym and violinist Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay meet [Mendelssohn's] considerable technical demands with aplomb … there's both tenderness and poise in the Adagio … the finale dances with a graceful, playful ease’ (Gramophone)

‘Purves is surely unique among today’s Anglophone singers in fusing an easily produced high baritone, by turns mellifluous and incisive, with a clean, resonant bass register … characterisation is always apt and specific, yet never at the expense of beauty of tone and firmness of line … a Handelian winner’ (Gramophone)

‘The Rheinberger Concerto sets off in a mood of confident pomp, its chest metaphorically puffed out, and Callaghan has the technical wherewithal to encompass all its challenges—from big chordal textures to glistening passagework—while the supremely gifted Ben Gernon coaxes terrifically colourful playing from the BBC Scottish SO’ (Gramophone)

‘This is music of great inventiveness, full of flights of imagination and no small degree of virtuosity … Plowright’s affection for this music is palpable at every turn and he’s given a warmly immediate recording’ (Gramophone)

‘The 'Hosanna' of the Mass is supremely inventive and worth the price of admission on its own, and the contrast between the two penitential motets and the brace of Song of Songs illustrates Vivanco's range most eloquently’ (Gramophone)

‘With a rich palette of 42 ranks at his disposal, Goode has no difficulty in unfailingly refreshing the listener's ears … a deeply satisfying programme from a player at the peak of his powers’ (Gramophone)

‘Rykkvin and Bennett duet with impeccable poise and judicious trills in the opening section of the Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne … Rykkvin's polished technique and confident musical personality yield a lovely account of Télaïre's lament from Castor et Pollux’ (Gramophone)

‘Dariescu's playing is charming, shapely and precise … best of all, perhaps, is the ballet's crown jewel Pas de deux, which is sweeping in its emotional breadth’ (Gramophone)

‘Hough avoids kitsch and brings to every piece his characteristic clarity, musical intelligence, wit, elegant phrasing, tasteful pedalling and an intoxicating kaleidoscope of expressive colours and moods to create an album which delights and surprises at every turn … listen to it as an entire recital album or dip in and out of it: you will be utterly charmed and transported’ (Interlude)

‘[Jonathan Plowright] brings similar qualities of sometimes rugged power and Romantic weight as well as plenty of charm to Suk's attractive miniatures. If you only know the orchestral tone poems, treat yourself to Suk the pianist’ (BBC Record Review)

‘It goes without saying that the performances of the Orlando Consort here easily maintain the high performance standards of the previous instalments … over the last three or four years I feel blessed to have become acquainted with these superb Hyperion recordings of Machaut—it has been well worth the effort’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘The early works on this new CD channel something of the same life-affirming Czech spirit that was also characteristic of Dvorák, though they also reveal considerable individuality in both melodic writing and structure … the concluding five Moods [are] impressive pieces that are a delight to listen to yet place considerable demands on the performer’ (New Classics)» More