‘His stylistic understanding is always impeccable, and as recorded here his Steinway makes a warmly appealing sound’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘So we learn more about this extraordinary composer, thanks to that rare combination of Howard's scholarly musicianship … and fearless keyboard technique, allied to the ongoing commitment of Hyperion Records—without which the entire musical world would be so much the poorer’ (International Record Review)

‘Howard's playing is so refined that even the almost impossible passages of the Concerto are made to seem easy and this is simply the best recorded piano sound I've heard in years’ (The Times)

‘An extraordinary tour de force of pianism, musical detective work and scholarship, well recorded and impeccably annotated as always. It honours Liszt's memory in the best possible way by illustrating his many-faceted genius’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘As always, Howard's annotations reveal a high level of detective work, musical insight and scholarship without pedantry’ (Gramophone)

‘The dedicated and industrious Leslie Howard continues to supplement his monumental complete recording of Liszt's piano music … throughout, Howard's fine feeling for colour and superb rhythmical sense abounds … intriguing new material is presented with the discernment and sympathy which have become the hallmark of Howard's Liszt series’ (International Record Review)

‘These CDs, the 98th and 99th in Leslie Howard's epic Liszt series, amount to something more than the latest necessary purchase for completists: indeed this latest batch of previously unknown or long-forgotten items assembles into a pleasingly comprehensive musical portrait … to all this Howard brings his by now happily familiar way with Liszt's idiom. As ever, he beautifully allows the composer's spontaneous, improvisatory streak to speak as naturally as it likes, and needs to … memo to fellow-Lisztians: don't hesitate’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘This is a thrilling recital, with some dazzling piano playing’ (Hi-Fi Plus)

«Il faut louer Marc-André Hamelin pour la finesse de ces exécutions très virtuoses, et surtout le remercier de permettre cette plongée au cœur de ce jeu de références et emprunts musicaux qui avait cours parmi les plus grands compositeurs romantiques» (Répertoire, France)

‘No need to worry about technical issues when Marc-André Hamelin attacks these Liszt transfigurations with all the brilliance in the world’ (Pianist)

‘It would be superfluous to recommend this – each new album by Marc-André Hamelin is a self-commending event’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Dexterity here to make ears flap; but then, we are used to this from Hamelin’ (Gramophone)