‘Howard's performances are, like nearly all in this series, consistently distinguished’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘The combination of devotion and diligence which both [Leslie Howard] and Liszt had lavished on getting to the heart of these inexhaustible works is staggering’ (Classic CD)

‘This really is a pretty phenomenal achievement. I urge Lisztians to hear it, and even those who collect the proper versions of the Beethoven Symphonies—it is a marvellous way of hearing them afresh’ (Gramophone)

«Howard joue tout cela avec beaucoup de raffinement et un vrai sens du châtoiement sonore. De belles découvertes» (Répertoire, France)

«Howard joue tout cela avec beaucoup de raffinement et un vrai sens du châtoiement sonore. De belles découvertes» (Répertoire, France)

'Una vez más debemos admirar de Howard, amén de su trabajo musicológico, este refinamiento en el trazo, esta elegancia en la comunicación de une idea musical' (CD Compact, Spain)

‘As choice as anything he's yet given us and the same goes for the recording’ (Gramophone)

‘Another abundant, revelatory, superb instalment in what is looming as perhaps the most adventurous, most consistently realized, and grandest project in recording history’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘These clearly recorded discs should find a place in every music library in the land!’ (Gramophone)

‘Yet another instalment in what is looming as the most ambitious and splendidly realized recording project of the century which cannot fail to delight and move. Enthusiastically recommended’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘An entertaining programme … providing the perfect vehicle for Leslie Howard's enthusiastic, colourful playing. His scholarship, as revealed in the liner notes, is remarkable, the recording first class’ (CDReview)

‘Gorgeous stuff!’ (CDReview)