'The sheer variety of the music here is remarkable and makes a stimulating second volume in this distinguished series' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)» More

'Alistair Dixon draws out lively and impassioned singing from his Chapelle du Roi … he shows a wholly admirable grasp of structure and balance. Andrew Benson-Wilson is equally skilled in coaxing the wheezy old organ at Knole into life and in playing with fleetness and clarity' (Early Music)» More

‘Gringolts is a persuasive champion. He tosses off the acrobatic fretwork with breath-taking ease. His tone can be rich and dark or delicate and shimmering, and remains flawlessly pure at all times. Best of all, he enters into the heart-on-sleeve quality of the music… these inspiring violin works allow Gingolts to display his stylistic versatillity along with his tonal palette and command of the stratosphere’ (Strings, USA)

‘The Arensky is a delicious and unfairly neglected confection … I recommend it to anyone who loves the violin concerto of Tchaikovsky … it's lots of fun, and Gringolts dispatches the tricky passages with great aplomb’ (The Mail on Sunday)

‘This latest disc of Arensky's Violin Concerto, superbly played by Ilya Gringolts and the BBC Scottish, sets the seal on a work that merits far more attention than it gets … in some ways it emulates Tchaikovsky's concerto in its dramatic thrust and the resourceful, Romantic flourish of its solo part … [Taneyev's Suite de Concert] as this fine performance shows, Taneyev's legendary thoroughness in his compositional procedures by no means stifled his creative imagination, and the suite fully complements Arensky's concerto in its fund of ideas’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘Gringolts' fluency, virtuosity and lyrical intensity have been much and rightly admired and this record I'm almost tempted to say is his best yet. He is expertly and sensitively partnered by Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘These two products of Russia's Silver Age go well together on disc … Ilya Gringolts is a fine advocate for both works, combining brilliance and idiomatic sensitivity, and enjoying fine support from Volkov and the BBC Scottish … in short, another superbly conceived and truthfully recorded addition to Hyperion's Romantic Violin Concerto series’ (Gramophone)

‘The competition isn't quite up to their level … the Leopold String Trio versions are, to my ear, as good as it gets’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Listening to the three trios that the Leopold String Trio present with such commitment and persuasiveness leaves no doubt as to Taneyev's contrapuntal ingenuity and resource … excellent recorded sound makes this a rewarding issue in every way’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Star pupil of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov's mentor, Taneyev was also a fine composer, as witness these enchanting, beguilingly performed gems’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘There is … an individual creative spark, urgency and textural richness that the Leopolds communicate with sensitivity and terrific panache’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘The Leopold String Trio … are arguably the leading such trio in the world … Taneyev was one of the greatest Russian musicians of his time. His mastery of the craft of composition was legendary among his contemporaries—he was praised especially by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov … the three string trios on this Hyperion CD make a very important contribution to our knowledge of Russian chamber music of the period … each stands alone as the individual product of a great musician, making this issue a CD of no little importance … a fascinating and at times enthralling listening experience … the music is inherently Russian, beautifully composed and so varied in convincing expression that the attentive listener is at once drawn into the composer's world. This is wonderful music, wonderfully performed and recorded … highly recommended’ (International Record Review)