‘The Florestan embark on the complete Beethoven piano trios, the first release pointing to a cycle that is going to be very special. The playing is unfailingly perceptive and full of musical insights … However many times you have these works in your collection, this is an essential purchase’ (Yorkshire Post)

‘Should grab even the most casual listener … a real winner’ (The Times)

‘This is a highly auspicious beginning to the Florestans’ survey of the Beethoven piano trios … totally convincing’ (The Guardian)

‘Susan Tomes' controlled, musical piano playing is a constant source of delight’ (The Strad)

‘The Florestan Trio plays them with great immediacy and vigour; everything is beautifully balanced and argued out’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘This new Florestan account of the two Op. 70 trios is outstanding in every way. The playing is quite gripping and masterly, and the sound is vivid and well balanced. These are arguably the most satisfying accounts in the catalogue, and certainly the best we have had in recent years’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘A recording that immediately, from the first impetuous bars of Op 70 No 1, feels just right’ (Gramophone)

‘Hugely enjoyable’ (The Sunday Times)

‘This is playing of quite extraordinary sensitivity and depth. I can hardly wait until the next volume’ (The Independent)

‘For an exhilarating sense of live music-making, of players constantly challenging and coaxing each other to new insights, these irresistible performances make this one of the discs of the year’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘The second issue in the Florestan Trio's projected recordings of all Beethoven's music for piano trio is one of this lively and sensitive ensemble's best. The players do justice both to the sweetness and spaciousness and to the quirky humour of the great Archduke Trio, which receives a richly satisfying performance’ (The Sunday Times)

‘With beautifully balanced recorded sound, it's a CD for repeated listening’ (Gramophone)