‘Markus Becker's confident, technically adroit performances certainly make the best possible case for all three works, and he receives excellent support from Michael Sanderling and the Berlin Radio orchestra. Typically fine sound guarantees collectors of this series complete satisfaction, while novice listeners interested in good Romantic music should consider this strongly as well. Recommended without reservations’ (Classics Today)

‘It's clear Becker really feels this music… and I have a feeling you'll want to go back and play it again!’ (American Record Guide)

‘There is much to enjoy here: the nobility of the second movement of the Jadassohn First, the bucolic energy of the finale of his Second, the rollocking finale of the Draeseke … Becker's confident playing and tonal richness make as persuasive a case for the music as could reasonably be expected’ (International Record Review)

‘Sonics are first rate, as usual with Hyperion. Let’s hear it for obscure piano concertos!’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)

‘The performances are all that one could expect, the music shown in the best possible light. Markus Becker is both virtuoso and musician’ (Classical Source)

‘Markus Becker delivers heroic accounts of all three concertos, and Michael Sanderling's Berlin musicians bring buoyant orchestral textures to the mix’ (International Piano)

‘These pieces, which burst with … memorable tunes and lashings of showy arpeggios, are played with admirable swagger by Markus Becker and are a welcome addition to Hyperion's exhaustive study of the Romantic Piano Concerto’ (The Observer)

‘Altogether an enjoyable disc for those who would explore the unfrequented byways of Romanticism’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘The busy piano-writing in these two world premieres is brilliant and passionate, the scoring [Jadassohn] is textbook 1887 and the musical structure inventive … Hyperion's A-team for concertos (Andrew Keener and Simon Eadon) is on top form, while the Berlin orchestra and Michael Sanderling provide crisp support for the sparkling and industrious Markus Becker who leaves the impression not only of having an affection for the three works but also that he has been playing them all his life’ (Gramophone)

‘This is one of the very finest of Hyperion's 'Romantic Piano Concertos' series’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘Performed with the kind of zestful spirit and communicative flair that has rightly won this series so many plaudits’ (Gramophone)

‘I can't stop playing the disc: the anticipation of a number of ear-tickling passages, notably in the Kullak, is too delicious for words. Effervescent, lightweight music transformed into entertaining and compelling minor masterpieces’ (Classic CD)