‘Margaret Price has one of the most distinctive and attractive voices of any soprano before the public today and her contribution to the Hyperion Schubert Edition easily maintains the extraordinarily high level set by the singers elsewhere in the series’ (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

‘Pleasure after pleasure … the equal of anything yet heard in this wonderful undertaking’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘Thomas Allen is in commanding form, singing with unforced beauty of tone and intelligent, unobtrusive attention to the words’ (Classic CD)

‘This series is a long process of discovery, and there is plenty to discover here’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Another triumph’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘Piano-playing, notes and recording all enhance the virtues of this rewarding disc, which will surely be a thing of joy for many years to come’ (Gramophone)

‘A moving and fitting memorial to one of the loveliest and most beloved singers’ (The Sunday Times)

‘The record brings joy; I've been playing it again and again’ (The Observer)

‘One of the glories of the series’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘An outstanding disc in a distinguished series’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Superlative’ (Gramophone)

‘Rarely can one find a recording where every single aspect—repertoire, performance and production—is perfect. This is. Highest imaginable recommendation’ (In Tune, Japan)