‘The sparkling G major Concerto K453, where Hewitt displays her pianistic talents to full advantage. Particularly enjoyable are the concluding variations … in which she seems completely at one with the alert playing of the Mantua Chamber Orchestra under Hannu Lintu’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘The sound is wonderfully clean and focused, with an ideal balance between Hewitt's customary Fazioli piano and the orchestra … [K453 finale] Here Lintu starts the movement with light-footed grace, using minimal vibrato on the strings, Hewitt taking her cue with playing of elegance and buoyancy … the attention to musical contrast and stylistic integrity is similar throughout. Hewitt's own illuminating notes in the booklet are a bonus, making this a Mozart release to cherish’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘The Andante of K453 evokes the finest in Hewitt, its trajectory exposed through pathos and proud gesture, the pauses treated as silences to generate expectancy for daring harmonic modulations. That's model musicianship’ (Gramophone)

'A bright radiance surrounds the outer movements, the first purposeful, the last almost a joyous 'hunting' finale, while the Larghetto, yearning in mood, finds Bax occasionally decorating his line' (Gramophone)

‘Hewitt is a spry Mozartian, and she infuses the players of the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova with lively spirit to match. Her playing is effortlessly nimble … her phrasing is actually finely balanced in ways that preserve the music from the threat of sounding like patter. And the sense of give-and-take between soloist and orchestra is first-rate’ (The Irish Times)

‘Some magical Mozart here from Angela Hewitt, who directs the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova with aplomb, zest, and most of all, style’ (International Piano)

‘Hewitt directs the performances from the keyboard; with the piano well forward of the orchestra in the sound picture, her playing is typically crisp … its attention to detail is immaculate. She contributes her own detailed sleeve notes, full of pertinent historical footnotes’ (The Guardian)

‘Judging from this first example, it's going to be a journey as revelatory as her exploration of all the major keyboard works of Bach. Hewitt is also a violinist and so brings elegant yet practical intuition to her direction; much of her keyboard articulation, for instance, imitates string-bowing. She is joined in this exciting new endeavour by the fleet-footed Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, who share her attention to stylistic detail. It's going to be a thrilling ride’ (The Observer)

‘It's easy to be captivated. Concertmaster Carlo Fabiano doesn't simply lead his forces mechanically; he gives meaning and expressive weight to the orchestration, Angela Hewitt the experience of valuable thought and feeling … [K271, Presto] In Hewitt's hands no artless dance; instead, something profound, as you'd expect of her, and get’ (Gramophone)

‘The Leopold Trio gives a crisp, clear and engaging performance’ (The Strad)

‘It is in fact clear from the opening that this is a performance to reckon with, exemplified by its careful measured tempo, its poise and its subtle handling of the balance between strings and piano. A real winner, this disc; warmly recommended’ (Gramophone)

‘These are deeply musical performances, perceptive and satisfying, of two masterpieces’ (International Record Review)