‘Four works excellently performed and recorded that represent the composer at his best … Passages are ravishingly beautiful, the scoring is extraordinarily imaginative, and the overall impact is quite moving… This fine resent release offers exquisite performances’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘New York-born conductor Andrew Litton is virtually an adopted son of England, so it seems natural to see him turn up on Hyperion. Still, this collection of brilliantly wrought recent scores by American composer Joseph Schwantner comes as a welcome surprise’ (Time Out New York, USA)

‘Andrew Litton draws a meticulously prepared response from his admirable Texas band and all three soloists are on irreproachably secure form throughout. The sound has both impressive body and detail in its favour’ (Gramophone)

‘Andrew Litton's excellent Dallas Symphony Orchestra does full justice to all the works … And the three soloists for whom the later pieces were written could hardly be bettered’ (BBC Music Magazine)

'F.G. who? Get Moonstruck and find out. One of the best things to come out of Scotland since whisky' (MusicWeb International)

‘What makes this release special are Hough’s exquisitely sensitive Janáček performances’ (Audiophile)» More

‘Don’t be put off by the dismally muddy scene on the cover: these are colourful recordings of performances which can cure you of the need to seek out any other’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘Demidenko's inspirational account of the Scriabin Concerto is in a class of its own … a major achievement’ (Classic CD)

„Garrick Ohlsson is an ideal interpreter of Scriabin’s music. With rather quick tempi, an unfailing sense for nuances and contrasts he always suggests that Scriabin was not a dreamer but a man living on the end of his nerves“ (Pizzicato, Luxembourg)

‘Ohlsson brings to these performances a clarity and level-headedness that perfectly complements the intoxicating power of Scriabin's music, and his exceptionally wide reach means that none of the technical demands are beyond his capability’ (The Europadisc Review)» More

'Winner of international prizes and invariably a Gramophone Editor’s Choice, Alessio Bax … shows himself a young aristocrat of the keyboard intent on purely musical ends. The disc is well recorded and lavishly presented' (Gramophone)

‘‘The thrill of a live performance comes over with more immediacy with Gergiev and the LSO … some deliciously seductive playing from the LSO’’ (BBC Radio 3 CD Review)