'Une grabación estimable' (CD Compact, Spain)

‘All of Robert Simpson's quartets are worth hearing. Don't ask for a recommendation of where to start! But do start, somewhere’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Superbly done by the Delmé Quartet’ (The Guardian)

‘Fans of the composer, and all those who care about the continuance of the string quartet tradition, needn't hold back. These issues are self-recommending’ (CDReview)

‘When it comes to recordings of British string quartets there've been few more impressive achievements than Hyperion's Robert Simpson cycle’ (BBC Record Review)

‘The Delmé Quartet play with exemplary clarity and a consistent appreciation of the direction of musical thought’ (Gramophone)

‘This is music which makes a warm and instant appeal to any quartet-lover’ (The Guardian)

‘Magnificent playing and fine recording’ (The Sunday Times)

‘A valuable and rewarding issue’ (BBC Record Review)

‘Some of the finest music by a composer whose neglect has been almost criminal … the two quartets here must surely number among his most profound works, and indeed could hold their own against virtually any written in a century which has witnessed so many masterly contributions to the genre. The Delmé play like men committed to the validity of every note … with such a profound sense of inwardness and inevitability that one can only marvel’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘This Hyperion series deserves to stand as a monument while other more superficially glamorous ventures rise and fall around it. If it does not do so, and if it does not eventually force Simpson's breakthrough into the orchestral repertoire, there will truly be no justice’ (Gramophone)

‘Great music indeed, and performed with enormous understanding and control by Handley and the Royal Philharmonic. Hyperion's resplendent recording is a joy; the huge climaxes in both works are projected with molten intensity. Valiant performances; staggering music. Buy’ (BBC Music Magazine)