GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER PRIX MAURICE FLEURET, FRANCE CLASSIC CD TOP 100 CDs OF ALL TIME
‘This magnificent set courageously undertaken by Hyperion, a timely document of an interpretation fashioned from Nikolayeva's collaboration with the composer at the time of composition’ (BBC Music Mag ... ‘The recording is clear and atmospheric, and the playing has power, grandeur, character, intellectual clarity and unforced intensity’ (Gramophone) ‘The record that has given me greater pleasure than any other this year’ (The Sunday Times)