‘A lovely recording … a perfect vehicle for the current incarnation of The Nash Ensemble and they don't disappoint’ (BBC Record Review)

‘You'll be putty in the hands of Messrs Boden and Degout. Beautiful sounds, wonderfully recorded as well’ (BBC Record Review)

‘Excellent recorded sound sets the seal on another outstanding issue from this outstanding team’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘This is an impressive disc, which repays repeated listening and can stand comparison with many of the biggest names’ (Gramophone)

«Certains disques laissent une impression si forte qu’il devient presque impossible de s’en passer … cet album de rêve du sieur Hough est absolument parfait» (Son & Image, Canada)

‘This is a marvellously varied collection of flights of fancy, transformations and transmutations which takes us through Hough’s personal dreamworld, the pieces often having special meaning for him … above all, it is Hough’s ability to draw the listener into the music through playing of enormous colour and expressive range that makes this enchanting disc so successful. The performer’s own epigrammatic thoughts on each piece, fuller programme notes from Grant Hiroshima, and a well-focused recording from the Wyastone Estate Concert Hall all add to this album’s plentiful delights’ (The Europadisc Review)» More

«Une invitation permanente au rêve, concoctée avec une délicatesse et un raffinement exquis. On ne prend pas longtemps à se demander comment un disque peut être aussi parfait» (Le Devoir)» More

‘Altogether it’s an exciting, intriguing reading, not least because of Lawrence Power’s notably lyrical, eloquent playing; you really feel this is an individual voice’ (BBC Music Magazine)» More

‘Power’s mellow tone makes for a poetic reading as the Byronic brooder, his echo of the opening theme as delicate as gossamer … Hyperion doesn’t place the viola too far into the spotlight. Berlioz would have approved’ (Gramophone)

‘It’s all exquisitely done, collegiate smoothness and blend to the fore. And what blend! The harmonic voicing is immaculate yet always sensitive to the imperatives of the polyphonic flow—witness the plight of Jerusalem, conveyed with such honeyed heart-breaking simplicity, in Byrd’s Ne irascaris, Domine. Haunting too is the hushed restraint of Robert White’s Compline hymn. Weavers of rich and plangent tapestries, The Gesualdo Six meld style and substance with beguiling sure-footedness. An auspicious debut’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Martineau is predictably outstanding throughout, with deft pacing and his finely judged gradations of touch always lifting the voices … another rewarding instalment in an engrossing series’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Fretwork have been at the helm of viol consort playing for more than 30 years, and … they've lost none of their verve or polish—as this disc testifies. The players envelop you in a sound here silky, there velvety’ (BBC Music Magazine)