‘The playing is lovely, as is the recording’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Stephen Hough’s penchant for intelligent thematic programming once again manifests itself throughout In the Night. Ironically, the music’s dark subtexts often benefit from the pianist’s interpretive illumination’ (Classics Today)

„This nocturnal program shows various sights of the night, and Hough’s inspiration here is absolutely great, be it in a delicately played Beethoven Sonata, in his own Piano Sonata No 2 ‘Notturno luminoso’—a portrait of a sleepless city—or a magically imaginative and really brilliant Carnaval“ (Pizzicato, Luxembourg)

'Genuinely challenging and different … the Gabrieli's rapt and intense performance is remarkable in its poise and tonal control at mainly low dynamic levels … a wonderful Christmas offering' (BBC Music Magazine)» More

‘The audience response in the climactic sequences of the rag are an apt measure of the electrifying impact of these superb performances’ (Soundscapes, Australia)

‘Scintillance and flair … enthusiastically recommended’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Full of vitality and warmth, with bright brass and energetic strings in upfront perspective against a resonant acoustic … Lawrence Power as viola soloist … responds generously to the passages of hushed intenstity in the Choral varié’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘These works make a good introduction to D'Indy's post-Wagnerian art … Choral varié and Lied are concertante works in which, respectively, the saxophone and cello solos are replaced by viola, played by Lawrence Power with his customary seductiveness’ (The Sunday Times)

‘D'Indy handles his outsize forces with conspicuous skill (there's some terrific horn writing throughout), and the work's A flat major apotheosis is haunting indeed. Both the Op 19 Lied and Choral varié prove very fetching discoveries, especially when Lawrence Power plays with the selfless dedication, sense of poetry and lustrous tone that made his world premiere recording of York Bowen's viola concerto so special … a toothsome and notably enterprising collection, this, with splendidly ample and atmospheric sound to match. A confident recommendation seems in order’ (Gramophone)

‘Ireland was a songsmith to rival the finest this country has produced, and Hyperion's generous anthology will hopefully encourage others to explore this rewarding and rapt repertoire’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘Perhaps these discs will at last bring the best of his songs back into live recital’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘A welcome, long overdue event. Excellent introduction to unduly neglected repertoire’ (Classic CD)