‘There is any amount of magic in these miniatures … Hough’s set is a worthy successor to Gilels, and that’s saying a lot’ (Sinfini Music)» More

‘Hewitt brings the requisite combination of flowery ornaments and brilliant cadenza passagework’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)» More

‘The great Soviet composer's chamber music is new to the discography of the Takács, arguably the world's most versatile string quartet. Here they strike up a tingling rapport with one of Hyperion's 'house' pianists: sparks fly between the French-Canadian and the British/Hungarian string players, especially in the sizzling Scherzo and witty Allegretto Finale, even if they don't plumb the melancholic depths of Sviatoslav Richter and the Borodins in their famous reading. The turbulent A major Quartet makes one hanker for more’ (The Sunday Times)

'It’s a fascinating collection, and Jane Chapman uses the nasality available from her Kirckman harpsichord to suggest the drones of some of the original to great effect' (The Irish Times)» More

‘The twelve-member Brabant Ensemble is excellent in all respects in this music, captured at the Church of St. Michael and all Angels at Oxford. This album fills a needed gap in the moderate yet undernourished Brabant discography’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)» More

‘Deranged nuns, inveterate gamblers and fairytale princesses are stock-in-trade characters for Prokofiev’s operas, and it doesn’t take a wild imaginative leap to hear such fantastical characters peopling the busy, welcoming sprawl of his Cello Concerto like a comic-book city. It's thanks to Steven Isserlis, who makes a piece with a chequered history and ‘difficult’ reputation sound like a masterpiece completely characteristic of its creator’ (Sinfini Music)» More

‘This performance is up with the best; Isserlis’s warm, sonorous tone [is] a real asset’ (TheArtsDesk.com)» More

‘[The Takács Quartet and pianist Marc-André Hamelin] surprised me with a more silken subtlety of approach, an understated sensitivity that nonetheless peels away the work’s surface and allows you to glimpse its emotional depths’ (BBC CD Review)» More

‘All the performers, whether singers or organists are on really fine form, with Stephen Layton certainly bringing out the best from his forces’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘The power of this performance is undeniable. Forced to sing secretly, Tudor Catholics would surely have welcomed the Westminster Cathedral Choir’s full-throated expression of faith’ (BBC Music Magazine)» More

‘The performance by the Takács Quartet and Hamelin is all about Shostakovich and the rhetoric he was developing for his own expressiveness… one of the great virtues of this recording is the performers’ awareness of contrasting moods and their ability to bring those contrasts to the listener’s attention’ (The Examiner, USA)

‘Ohlsson plays with appropriate accuracy and wide gradations of touch. He uses the sustaining pedal sparingly and the damper to best effect where the phrasing calls for a firm staccato. His rhythmic control is excellent …’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)