'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)

‘The Piano Quintet comes off marvellously and compares favourably with any performance on record, past or present … delightful performances on which it would be difficult to improve, and excellent recordings too’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)