‘Vivid recording’ (Gramophone)

‘Stylish and vitally alive’ (The Sunday Times)

‘Vibrant with life and musicality in every note’ (Gramophone)

‘Record of the Month’ (The Monthly Guide to Recorded Music)

‘Thoroughly responsive to every shift in Haydn's thought’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘The dedication, beauty and vitality of the interpretations are of the highest order … a Haydn monument as important to the 90s as the one by the Pro Arte was to the 30s’ (Chicago Tribune)

‘The Salomon's beautiful playing of these important masterpieces make this set indispensable’ (Gramophone)

«Je vous conseillerai de jeter un coup d'oreille sur cette version des Quatuors du Soleil. Elle vaut le détour!» (Répertoire, France)

‘The Salomon's beautiful playing of these important masterpieces make this set indispensable’ (Gramophone)

‘The playing is stylish and imaginative, the "clock" movement is beautifully paced and the balance of instruments is excellent, allowing the continuo fortepiano not just to fill in, but to make a distinct difference to the sonority’ (Classic CD)

‘Roy Goodman's Haydn series with the Hanover Band has been an unmitigated pleasure. This is vital and energetic Haydn playing where clarity and crispness are allied to a real flair for capturing the musical character of each movement. These endlessly imaginative performances are among the best of all period-instrument Haydn’ (International Record Review)

‘Immensely inventive works that, had there not been another hundred to follow, every music-lover would know and which would be widely performed and recorded’ (Early Music Review)