‘The playing is very fine – urgent and exciting without losing the subtlety of Schubert’s beautiful and breathtaking changes of harmony’ (American Record Guide)

‘Pianist Tomes is not only blessed with a fluent technique … but also a true chamber musician’s ear … the recorded sound is warm, close, and well balanced’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Tomes is exemplary and the excised portions are pure gold’ (The Sunday Express)

‘The ensemble has at last released its eagerly awaited performance of the great E flat … the players’ clarity of vision in the long first movement doesn’t prohibit their ability, throughout the subtlest of details of breath, balance and tone of voice, to create a sense of constant search and enquiry’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘A performance full of intelligent, musicality and an uncomplicated directness that almost belies the accomplishment of the playing’ (The Guardian)

‘A performance as wonderfully incisive as its earlier rendition of the trio in B flat major … it represents Schubert performance at the highest level’ (Classics Today)

‘Another superb performance then, penetrating, yet full of spirited spontaneity’ (Gramophone)

‘They show such complete control of every aspect of Schubert's masterpiece that they sweep away all rivals’ (The Independent)

‘The Florestans make everything sound gloriously inevitable … the attractions of this immaculately balanced recording become well-nigh irresistible’ (International Record Review)

‘Clear the decks for paradise … the Florestans currently have the best all-round perspective on this singularly lovable work. A terrific recording is no hindrance either’ (The Times)

‘A true veteran of song, with decades of experience to inform this performance. Gravitas is barely an apt word to describe his vocal resources … Holl causes each song to sound like it is coming from the very depths of the earth … immeasurably aided by the sensitive accompaniments of Roger Vignoles’ (Classics Today)

‘Holl makes a case … the words mean something to him, and he is desirous of presenting that meaning to us with every vocal nuance he can come up with … Roger Vignoles (maybe today's best accompanist going) plays with a clarity and feeling that knows when to assert itself and when to recede … definitely worth a hearing’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)