‘The music fits Nizioł’s style like a glove, and the tenderness of his performance is matched by the BBC Scottish players under the sensitive direction of Łukasz Borowicz … this release can be unhesitatingly recommended to aficionado’s of top-quality violin playing. Brawo!’ (The Europadisc Review)» More

‘A sparkling performance from Howard Shelley’ (The Northern Echo)» More

‘Highly recommended’ (The Northern Echo)» More

‘Certainly Taverner’s richly layered polyphony lends itself to the liturgically-informed approach of the Westminster choristers, whose steadily-paced, unaffectedly graceful singing is a reflection of their immersion in daily ritual’ (Classical Ear)» More

‘Angelov is a splendid pianist who imparts exactly the right atmosphere to all the music on this disc and the recording is exemplary throughout. The orchestra and conductor are on top form. This is a superb disc of wonderful music which certainly deserves a place in the repertoire and to be a best-seller. Full marks to everyone’ (MusicWeb International)

‘As to the performances, they are quite superb. I must admit to knowing little about The Choir of Royal Holloway—a mix-voice collegiate choir that loses nothing by comparison with the better known choirs of Cambridge—and in Rupert Gough they have a conductor with a real feel for music of this type’ (Elgar Society)» More

‘Howard Shelley plays the three concertos with brio, backed by the somewhat recessed Swiss orchestra of St Gallen and packaged in exemplary Hyperion sound’ (Musical Toronto, Canada)» More

‘Angela Hewitt leaves few stones unturned in projecting the linear specificity of Beethoven’s style’ (Gramophone)

‘The Takács' superb control of dynamics and intuitive phrasing are breathtaking’ (MusicWeb International)

‘[Shelley] brings a real poignancy to the halting, minor-key slow movement, while the finale is brought to life with an unobtrusive felicity … a compelling addition to Hyperion’s catalogue’ (Gramophone)

‘Bartłomiej Nizioł has a seductively silky smooth tone and a narrow vibrato, and plays with exactly the kind of lyrical, ecstatic intensity that Stojowski’s demanding Violin Concerto requires’ (Gramophone)

„Venant après une relecture radicale des concertos de Brahms, ce nouveau disque de Stephen Hough, le confirme comme l’un des plus intéressants pianistes de la scène actuelle“ (Crescendo, Germany)» More