‘A perfect follow-on from Concertos 2 & 3 by the same team, and another feather in Hyperion's cap’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘Dazzlingly virtuosic accounts of the youthful D flat, the left hand and the brilliant G major. Outstanding accompaniments … put these performances in the class of the celebrated Ashkenazy/Previn set’ (The Sunday Times)

'For the LSO to win our prestigious Disc of the Year award is testament to the orchestra's continuing brilliance under Valery Gergiev. Hearing this score 'live' gives this music extra frisson, almost as if we were joining the audience for the performance' (BBC Music Magazine)

'This marvellously dance-infused performance of the complete score by Valery Gergiev and a devilishly on-form LSO is an essential item. Rarely has Prokofiev's score sounded so orchestrally powerful. The LSO brings the passion back to Prokofiev's star-crossed lovers' (Classic FM Magazine)

'This is music in which Gergiev has few peers today ... he brings an epic, symphonic and dramatic integrity to its vast, multifaceted canvas ... his London forces respond to Gergiev’s often hair-raising volatility with some of their most dynamic playing—the death of Tybalt has rarely sounded more coruscating in its raw depiction of Lady Capulet’s grief. Juliet’s early music positively scampers with youthful delicacy and grace, and the love music shimmers with a rapt beauty … the entire performance carries an inevitable tragic momentum’’ (The Sunday Times)

'Der akustisch vorzügliche … Mitschnitt dieser beiden Konzerte unterstreicht eindringlich die historische Dringlichkeit dieser Aktion. Denn trotz 140 Minuten Dauer entpuppt sich das abendfüllende Opus als Feuerwerk kurzweiligster musikalischer Attraktionen, die einen in 52 Szenen Prokofjews unerschöpflichen musikalischen Einfallsreichtum um die Ohren schlagen' (Fono Forum, Germany)

'Gergiev has courageously taken the complete score out of the ballet theater and into the concert hall, to make the music-drama stand on its own orchestrally as with Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty. The live recording is sensational in its realism' (Audiophile Audition, USA)

‘An eloquent performance’ (BBC Music Magazine)

'A bravely programme disc, and one which highlight's Simon Desbruslais's ruby tonal quality and brightly communicative playing' (BBC Music Magazine)

'A hugely enjoyable disc, strongly recommended' (Gramophone)

'Yorkshire-born operatic soprano Sarah Fox makes her solo recording debut with songs by Broadway songwriting legend Cole Porter. Accompanied by the versatile pianist, composer and conductor James Burton, she lends a classic feel to all the favourite, including 'I've Got You Under My Skin', 'I Get a Kick Out Of You' and 'Anything Goes'' (The Lady)

‘Beyond criticism: this is comparable to the monks of Solesmes singing Gregorian chant. It is not likely to be done better’ (Fanfare, USA)