‘Michael Collins is one of Britain's Top Guns these days, and he gives a stirring, brilliant performance of these concertos and the interesting and delicious Potpourri and Variations. The orchestra is excellent, with Mr O'Neill providing sympathetic support. Hyperion's sound is some of the best I've heard, rich and deep’ (American Record Guide)

‘This is excellent material for the aspiring clarinettist or the adventurous collector, and this release also serves as an ideal introduction to this long and unjustly neglected composer’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘An outstanding disc, excellently recorded’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Michael Collins … has all the requisite showmanship and panache for Spohr's gymnastic extravagances, [he] colours his tone imaginatively and phrases the lyrical melodies with real finesse’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘An outstanding disc, excellently recorded’ (Gramophone)

‘Michael Collins brings off the more spectacular passages with stylish relish. He's even better in the long, lyrical lines of the slow movement—a lovely Adagio that has real expressive intensity here, thanks to the quiet eloquence and subtle shading of Collins and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in this performance’ (International Record Review)

‘Michael Collins … repeats the success of his disc of Nos 1 and 2 with elegantly phrased melodies, immaculate passagework and wondurously even trills. The Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Robin O'Neill again provide alert support, and the recording is outstanding, with a pleasant sense of intimacy embracing wind, strings and soloist’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘This oustanding disc is the counterpart of Michael Collins's coupling of Spohr's first two Clarinet Concertos with the same forces. It is thanks to Collins's artistry that relatively prosaic ideas are transformed, with magical echo effects, subtle pointing of rhythm to make the music sparkle in shaping of phrases that is magnetic … an exceptionally attractive disc’ (Gramophone)

‘Collins completes his recordings of these delightful concertos with the contrasting works presented here … Collins dazzles like a bel canto diva in the pyrotechnic leaps, trills and runs, while he lavishes his rich tone, phenomenal breath control and deeply satisfying expressive insights on the E minor’ (The Sunday Times)

‘Ingeniously devised bravura works … receive polished adroit playing. You'll find no finer performances than these’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘A highly recommendable disc on all counts’ (CDReview)

‘It's doubtful that either has ever received a performance superior to this … superb’ (Classic CD)