‘I can hardly imagine better performances’ (Robert Simpson)

‘If you are responsive to Simpson's exhilarating command of musical movement and space you will find this disc as rewarding as any in Hyperion's wonderful recorded cycle’ (Gramophone)

‘Simpson's Trio joins a very select band of 20th-century works in this medium that deserves permanent place in the repertoire’ (Classic CD)

‘To anyone who has been following this exciting series of Simpson recordings the disc is self-recommending; for latecomers, it might be an excellent place to start’ (CDReview)

‘Few first recordings of music by a living composer can have sounded as authoritative as these’ (Gramophone)

‘Yet another invigorating and thought-provoking disc in Hyperion's invaluable Simpson cycle. Richly rewarding’ (Gramophone)

‘Stern but vigorous, with all the classic virtues of chamber music’ (Classic CD)

‘An amazing achievement’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘I cannot recommend this issue too highly’ (Gramophone)

‘The Delmé Quartet … have the utmost cause for self-congratulation on this virtually faultless committal of their titanic progeny to disc’ (Tempo)

‘A ceaseless torrent, or stream, of pure invention; and if you ask me how that can be – a torrent which 32 times reverses direction and then flows backwards – I can only reply that this is one of the many mysteries of our mysterious musical world, and that it is so’ (The Sunday Times)

‘A marvellous work of our time’ (The Daily Telegraph)