‘The Florestan Trio makes this lovely music shimmer with dazzling facility. These are seasoned Mozart interpretations of high order’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)

‘The Florestan Trio's accounts of the Third, Fourth, and Sixth trios set reference standards for stylish perception, textural transparency, and the kind of sophisticated articulation and motivic interplay that may be preplanned, yet never seems intellectualized … Hyperion's clear, full-bodied, and impeccably-balanced engineering deserves its own rave review’ (Classics Today)

‘As in all their artistic endeavours, this outstanding disc of Mozart piano trios from the acclaimed Florestan Trio demonstrates a delightfully unforced lyricism coupled with the most exquisite, long-lined phrasing … sample the luminous performance of the central Andante grazioso of the E major Trio K542 to hear chamber music playing of the very highest order’ (HMV Choice)

‘Superb execution … another feather in the Florestan Trio's cap’ (International Record Review)

‘These are beautifully judged performances, generally fleeter of foot, airier of texture and more intimate in tone with an ideal balance between the instruments’ (Gramophone)

‘Susan Tomes’s sprightly piano is in its element, leading the dance in these three mature trios … moods change at a flick of Mozart’s wrist, and Tomes, Anthony Marwood and Richard Lester have all the flexibility needed’ (The Times)

'In terms of general style the group’s Mozart comes across with an exceptional classical purity of expression. No forebodings of romantic daring are allowed to undermine their world of well-ordered finesse' (Gramophone)

'This is a grandly scaled, nobly contoured reading, by turns monumental and ferociously dramatic. With biting choral attack, searing, spitting strings and scything trumpets, the Dies Irae has a terrifying intensity I have rarely heard equalled. The Rex tremendae, too, is overwhelming in its desperate fervour&… superbly played and vividly recorded’’ (Gramophone)

'This performance benefits from marvellous sound and shows Davis secure in his tempo choices and bringing that combination of solemnity, grandeur and drama ... Soprano Marie Arnet’s pristine tone and flawless intonation make her near ideal’’ (BBC Music Magazine)

'A deeply felt account of a masterpiece from a conductor who has lived with this music for most of his professional life' (The Sunday Times)

‘Stephen Hough generally does not disappoint in terms of programming … [his] Mozart is exemplary, with the Fantasias approached with a free sense of tempo and a careful attention to the dynamic contrasts and articulations in the score … the pendant piece is the Liszt-Busoni fantasia on themes from Marriage of Figaro, in which Hough displays his considerable technical wizardry and whimsical attention to details’ (IonArts.com)

‘[Hough] is certainly one of today's most thoughtful and thought-provoking pianists, as his latest thematic Hyperion set underscores … playing with a mix of depth and detail that only the best pianists achieve … he connects kindred spirits in a witty, lovely way’ (The Star-Ledger, USA)