‘Well worth hearing’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Marwood's performances are magnificent, as is the orchestral playing, and Andrew Keener's production is one of the finest I have ever heard from him—which is saying something. A stunning disc, comprehensively recommended’ (International Record Review)

‘Marwood directs both performances from the violin, yet his solid command of his troops—the ASMF in fine form—does nothing to take the immediacy away from his own playing, which is gripping from start to finish and furnished with abundant tonal variety and expressive response. The full-bodied sound, too, adds real impact’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘Both are finely played by Anthony Marwood, who also directs; the Weill is wonderfully sleazy, particularly in the waltz-cum-nocturne that forms its kernel. Vasks's musings are an acquired taste, though admirers of Gorecki's Third Symphony and Arvo Pärt's music will find them fascinating’ (The Guardian)

‘Anthony Marwood keeps a tighter grip on the structural tiller than either Kangas or Andreasson and plays with exquisite polish and intimacy of feeling; he also secures an exceptionally alert and involving contribution from his Academy forces’ (Gramophone)

‘Marwood’s sympathetic playing catches perfectly the musing feel of the whole work: ‘nostalgia with a touch of tragedy’, as Kremer put it. Both the orchestral playing and Hyperion’s sound could scarcely be bettered’ (The Strad)

‘Precise, yet generous in emotion, Anthony Marwood's violin is just what Kurt Weill's violin concerto needs … Marwood, who also conducts, makes a splendid match with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields’ (The Times)

‘Anthony Marwood has championed the Vasks over a number of years and delivers a wonderfully moving and intense performance of the solo part. The strings of the ASMF are responsive partners … Their colleagues in the wind, brass and percussion departments prove equally adept in the spiky passage work of the Weill, and the lack of a separate conductor doesn't inhibit Marwood from extracting the maximum degree of virtuosity and sensitivity from Weill's knotty writing … a very special disc indeed’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Vassily Sapellnikoff (1968-1941) was one of Tchaikovsky’s favourite interpreterss … he presents the work, one that he had played by then for nearly forty years, with remarkable subtlety … this is a very important document’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘Some truly wonderful performances … three of Sapellnikoff’s own compositions that sparkle with fabulous dexterity and a palpable joie de vivre’ (Gramophone)

‘A stirring Vision of aeroplanes testifies to the choir's extraordinary virtuosity which, under Baker, is clearly going from strength to strength … Hyperion has been making recordings in Westminster Cathedral almost since the day the company first came into being, and, as ever, the sound on this latest disc is gorgeous, full of depth, and with an ideal balance between, choir, organ and atmosphere’ (International Record Review)

‘A glorious celebration of music written with the acoustics of Westminster Cathedral in mind’ (Classic FM Magazine)