‘A magnificent piece … beautifully poised singing’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Surely an absolute classic of the years around 1530, full of details that ravish the ear. Henry's Eight presents it with a wonderful balance and tact’ (BBC Record Review)

‘Superior performances by Layton and Polyphony’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Inspired re-creations … strongly recommended to connoisseur and newcomer alike … Grainger's eclectic, idiosyncratic piano transcriptions, despatched with light-fingered clarity. Strauss swoons, Stephen Foster's all of a tingle. Excellent notes, too’ (BBC Music Magazine)

«Le pianiste joue franc jeu et rend un bel hommage au compositeur» (Le Monde de la Musique, France)

‘The first quartet is dense, intense, and given its full due in this grand reading’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Martyn Hill’s tenor is perfectly suited to Hahn’s deliciously sentimental idiom … most of the settings on the disc are to texts by his favourite Verlaine, including the seven Chansons grises. Hahn gages the level of sensuality perfectly, allowing the words to make their point rather than making the point on their behalf, and Hill and his accompanist Johnson relax wonderfully into this rather enticing world’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘The disc is warmly commended’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘A highly entertaining collection. Delightful rarities from the young Handel’ (Classic CD)

‘A marvellous disc’ (The Independent)

‘Strongly recommended’ (Gramophone)

‘Even after 17 years this performance still dazzles. Significantly, no other group has touched the cantata since the disc was made. One can understand why: its charms would be hard to match. A celebration of Handel’s youthful genius, this recording fully deserves its reissue’ (International Record Review)