‘I'm delighted to be able to hail this … as first rate on all counts. The recording itself cannot be over-praised for its vivid clarity and truth’ (Gramophone)

‘Gorgeous performances’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Stephan Genz has one of the most beautiful voices around today, used with such authority and imagination that I have found myself playing his Beethoven recital over and over again. I have never heard these songs sung more beautifully. An instant classic’ (Gramophone)

‘Strongly recommended’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘A voice of warm, velvety beauty. A disc to have one reassessing Beethoven as song-writer’ (The Guardian)

‘Perfectly sung’ (The Independent)

‘As good as any anthology of Beethoven songs on CD’ (Classic CD)

‘This disc, immaculately recorded, should win many new friends for Beethoven's songs’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘The most sensitive reportage that these works have enjoyed since the advent of digital recording’ (The Independent)

‘This repertoire has been recorded by some world-famous artists in the past, but no performances have given me as much pleasure as these. A real treat’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘One of the best and most beautiful ensembles to emerge blinking into the sunlight from London's conservatoires in recent years’ (The Evening Standard)

‘A remarkably gifted young ensemble who bring classical elegance to these glorious works’ (Classic CD)