‘A noble achievement which should do much for Sweelinck's reputation’ (Early Music)

‘Trinity College Chapel Choir seems ideally suited to this music. Diction is good, intonation flawless and the antiphonal effects well balanced. A worthy addition to the collection’ (Early Music Forum of Scotland News, Scotland)

‘Richard Marlow and his youthful choir deserve credit not just for salvaging this music but for presenting it in such vital and responsive performances’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘An important recording landmark’ (Gramophone)

‘Herrick, who is up to all the technical demands made by the music, aptly uses early keyboard fingering, while his carefully chosen registrations … are a real treat for the ear’ (Goldberg)

‘This set is obviously the outcome of a thorough, deeply pondered approach. It more then renders justice to Sweelinck's music by bringing out its variety, inventiveness and fanciful exuberance. Strongly recommended’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘This is really inspiring playing with some compelling insights into the structure of Sweelinck's often monumental pieces’ (Early Music Review)

‘A loving performance of sweeping emotional impact … the quartet's buzzing, humming, piercing presence packs a gratifying wallop’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘This is music for consenting adults only. Imagine the steamier bits of Wagner's Tristan, the mystical frenzy of Skryabin and the lusciousness of Ravel's String Quartet combined together, and you'll have some idea of Karol Szymanowski's two string quartets … the Royal String Quartet do them proud’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘These Polish musicians give rich-hued and intelligent performances of each of the three works … Szymanowski's First Quartet is strongly individual music … a decade later, the Second Quartet is expressed with yet more confidence’ (The Sunday Times)

‘They play Szymanowski's two quartets with exactly the right combination of local folksy fervour and the textural variety that their country's most important composer after Chopin shared with his modernist contemporaries. The results are the finest performances of these two compact and luminously intense works currently available’ (The Guardian)

‘This is what Szymanowski needs: firm, full-bodied playing, with a wide range of dynamic, colour and attack, and with all the unexpected twists and turns confidently negotiated … in every way this comfortably outstrips the disappointing recording by the Schoenberg quartet, making a persuasive bid for best available version … the clarity of the recording lets the myriad details speak eloquently’ (Gramophone)