‘A major addition to the recorded repertory’ (The Times)

‘A thrilling work … a fine and, to some of us at least, essential disc’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘Superb’ (Gramophone)

‘This mass by Fayrfax should attract attention by its very beauty, which could hardly be better displayed than it is here’ (BBC Record Review)

‘Steven Osborne … gives hugely authoritative performances of each work … which one can only hope will win the composers new friends as well as a raft of award nominations’ (Audiophile)» More

‘An enterprising record of music we ought to know better. Performances and recordings are first class’ (Gramophone)

‘Excellent, utterly committed playing’ (CDReview)

‘An exemplary recording from every point of view’ (The Good CD Guide)

‘First-rate recording’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘An excellent production well worth investigating’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘A definitive performance’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘Thea King's shaping and colouring of Finzi's almost improvisatory melodic lines is more deeply persuasive than any other recorded version I know—touching without being sentimental’ (BBC Music Magazine)