‘There's an amazing warmth to Esquivel's writing which I feel that De Profundis exhibit absolutely perfectly … they're well-named; a men's voice ensemble with a sound that feels as though it's built from the bottom up … a really well-integrated sound … I really enjoyed this recording’ (BBC Record Review)

‘The Gesualdo Six and Owain Park are just incredible at this ingenious programming: there's this melding of Renaissance polyphony with contemporary choral music, and one of the things I really love about this disc is it's a really classy way to look at music by female composers that people might not know … it's just extremely good music, all woven together … a beautiful recording as well’ (BBC Record Review)

‘A joyful experience … it's all very beautiful and well sung—and well-recorded as well’ (BBC Record Review)

‘Perhaps the most joyful and characterful traversal of the score I've heard on record: it's light on its feet, it casts spells in all the right places, the solo set pieces are splendidly sung. But it's the sense of ensemble that carries it along so successfully; also a very well-made recording’ (BBC Record Review)

‘For the past ten years, the conductor Thierry Fischer has been for the Utah Symphony Orchestra what Mariss Jansons did for the Oslo Philharmonic and Simon Rattle for the City of Birmingham orchestra: he lifted a decent and well-regarded local orchestra up to an altogether higher level … one of the first things I noticed in the opening Rêveries - Passions was how exactly Fischer was following the many precise indications which Berlioz had put into his score: the phrasing, the balance between the instruments and the numerous slight quickenings and slowings that he asks for. Next came the excellence of the woodwinds, notably the first flute in the first statement of the idèe fixe … [the couplings] are exceptionally interesting … the recording is rich and full … a worthwhile issue’ (MusicWeb International)» More

„Tritschler sind Poesie und Lyrik … in die Stimme gelegt. Mit „Feldeinsamkeit“ und „Vergebliches Ständchen“ hat er zwei der schönsten Brahms-Lieder im Programm. Das ist einerseits ein Glück, andererseits sitzt ihm aber auch eine starke Konkurrenz im Nacken. Er behauptet sich aber mit seinem ganz eigenen klaren Erzählstil, der offenbar auch durch die Erfahrungen als Evangelist geprägt ist“ (Opera Lounge, Germany)» More

‘Among the most amazing sounds I ever have heard from a piano. Hamelin arguably doesn’t just play this music, he physically becomes it. I know he has been interested in Feinberg for many years, but it is almost inconceivable that music which is prone to such abruptness could emerge with such fluency in anybody else’s hands … Hamelin plays out of his skin here, even by his superhuman standards, in music which utterly demands it. Arne Akselberg and Andrew Keener have achieved a consistently realistic, inviting recorded sound for repertoire which at times seems quite untameable. And there is more music on this single disc in terms of both quantity and quality than in many multi-disc collections I could mention’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘One of the most sheerly enjoyable CDs I’ve heard in a long time … a combination of sentimentality and glitter that is irresistible, especially in such winning and flexible performances as these’ (The Telegraph)» More

‘This is music that sings and dances, touches the heart and quickens the pulse, and is written with much craftsmanship (Litolff was an excellent pianist, much-admired by Liszt), and can only give much pleasure to the listener’ (Classical Source)» More

‘Tritschler's fresh, beautifully focused tenor is an expressive joy here, and Johnson's liner notes are, as ever, as enjoyable and as immersive as his playing’ (BBC Record Review)

‘Feinberg definitely has his own voice, his own style … the playing by Hamelin is really exquisite: passion, subtlety and genuine artistic engagement—it sounds as if he's really passionate himself about this music’ (BBC Record Review)

‘A rather brilliant idea … great entertainment … lovely playing’ (BBC Record Review)