‘The emotional informality of these pieces [the Canciones] is in marked contrast to Guerrero's complex polyphonic motets and the settings of the Lamentatations for Holy Week, in performances conducted by their guest conductor Peter Phillips from The Tallis Scholars. And he tells us in the notes that it shouldn't always be about Victoria when it comes to Spanish polyphony—Guerrero deserves to be much better known, and that this wide-ranging collection of his music sung by Spaniards is long overdue. I couldn't agree more on this evidence’ (BBC Record Review)

‘This is a terrific disc with world class playing. Hough's technique is staggering in all respects but that never overshadows the music and I am constantly drawn in by his artful melody lines, elegant phrasing and masterful pedalling. Death does indeed come to us all but Hough demonstrates that the path to it is an enriching and affirmative experience’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘Scientifically this is a remarkable project and music has been chosen that is appropriate to it. The singing is technically as good as it could be. Just when the performances seem to be becoming slick, as in some frenetic sections of the Credo, this tendency is trumped by sensitive passages such as the 'Dona nobis pacem' concluding the Agnus, besides others in the Credo, plus those also in the Agnus and in the Sanctus … the project is driven by an admirable aspiration … to enable us to hear the music in the way that the monarch would have done. It is a fascinating glimpse of sacred music in Scotland between the famous Scottish Lady Mass (c 1230) and the phenomenon that was, and is, Robert Carver. As such it is a project well worth investigating’ (Early Music Review)

‘What an absolute treat. If you have played piano duets, the chances are that at least one of these Gallic offerings has passed under your fingers. Rarely, though, has this music sounded as good as in the hands of Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne … in short, this is pure enjoyment from start to finish’ (BBC Music Magazine)» More

‘Peter Phillips in his notes writes: ‘An album of Guerrero, sung by Spaniards, which not only shows off his best sacred music, but also puts some of his secular writing in the frame, has long been overdue.’ That alone is a reason to acquire this disc … a strong passion and commitment to the music’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘The 38-strong Spanish choir produces a sound that is rich yet at the same time remarkably intimate and crystalline. The group’s honorary director is Peter Phillips and something of the silvery polish of his ensemble The Tallis Scholars seems to have rubbed off here. Choral textures are lucid and diction is generally clear … there is … a moving sincerity to these accounts’ (BBC Music Magazine)» More

‘Here we have some of the greatest, most formally innovative, inventive and deeply felt string quartets ever composed, delivered by a quartet of players of faultless intonation, unanimity and blend, whose approach to Haydn has matured through eight much-praised previous albums of his quartets, and who have evidently prepared the present set with minute care’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘No other piano music written as recently has established a place in the repertoire like Ligeti’s Études … these works are here to stay, in the distinguished line of études stretching back via Debussy to Chopin. They require even more virtuosity, sometimes of a brain-teasing sort, and Danny Driver supplies it all’ (BBC Music Magazine)» More

‘Here we have two superb pianists working in perfect equipoise and harmony and the results are superb … two very fine musicians are having fun and those of us who hear the disc reap the benefits’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘These performances present all of the music in a positive light. Howard Shelley makes a thoroughly committed advocate, Stanford scholar Jeremy Dibble contributes superbly written notes, and Hyperion’s engineers capture it all in vivid, lifelike sonics … Fairy Day, though, is worth the price of the disc. It’s a real find.’ (Classics Today)

‘The partnership of Lewis and Osborne has already produced one exceptional disc: Schubert’s music for four hands, including the Fantasie in F minor, one of the genre’s masterpieces. They renew their collaboration in a programme of French duets—plus Stravinsky of his Parisian years—framed by two of the most popular pieces in the repertoire, Fauré’s Dolly Suite and the original version of Ravel’s Ma mère l’oye. The two pianists lavish an almost orchestral palette of colours on both: limpid, translucent textures, vital rhythmic address and shapely phrasing of both composers’ melodies … an absorbing and brilliantly played programme’ (The Sunday Times)

‘Danny Driver’s performances are intensely focused but always alive to the deep humanity of the exercises, not just their ingenuity and complexity … and it's a luminous, detailed recording as well’ (BBC Record Review)» More