'The playing of the LSO for their chief conductor is genuinely world-class … every rhythm is tightly sprung, every climax charged with energy, and the hallucinatory mood of the last two movements grows ever more intense' (The Guardian)

'From the ardent passions and fevered imaginings of the first movement on, all the excitement of these performances is captured' (The Times)

‘An exquisite disc. Indispensable’ (Acoustic Sounds Catalog, USA)

‘An imaginative and enterprising programme, extremely well sung and recorded’ (Gramophone)

‘To hear Bolcom's exuberant eclecticism on a bigger canvas, try the recording of the Piano Concerto on Hyperion … an air of bravura piano virtuosity, which the soloist Marc-André Hamelin brings off well’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Hamelin is outstanding’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘Hamelin is faultlessly fluent’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘I like this record a great deal’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘The recording is everything one could want’ (Amazon.co.uk)

‘Hamelin is on typically sparkling form’ (Gramophone)

‘Sparkling, electrically charged recordings’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Cherish this glowing collection of near-masterpieces, played with the utmost sensitivity and panache by the Gaudiers and the always wonderful Susan Tomes’ (BBC Music Magazine)