‘Carefully considered interpretations despatched with consummate musicianship and virtuosity, and using as their inspiration Rachmaninov's own recordings’ (The Mail on Sunday)

‘The spark of these live performances has survived inevitable patching sessions to place Stephen Hough's complete account of Rachmaninov's works for piano and orchestra into the top flight’ (Music Week)

‘An electrifying double-disc set’ (The Scotsman)

‘An exciting new Rachmaninov set that's definitely not to be missed’ (HMV Choice)

‘Even in what has become a crowded field, this is an outstanding version … the finest of all’ (International Record Review)

‘Fully deserves its reputation as one of the finest available interpretations of this music’ (Amazon.co.uk)

‘Rich and atmospheric, a blissfully unhurried reading’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘A most beautiful performance, very well sung and recorded in an atmospheric, reverberent setting’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘Outstanding. A performance that is at once perceptive, sympathetic and finely sung’ (Gramophone)

‘Best and his choir get right to the heart of the unique Rachmaninov Vespers … an unearthly sublimity which many will find extremely moving’ (Organists' Review)

‘Finely crafted and immensely polished performances’ (The Sunday Times)

‘One of the most charming discs of French music it has been my pleasure to review … [the pieces] could well have been written for Graffin’s silky smooth playing, each work so lovingly shaped, the fast passages despatched with an easy virtuosity. In Fischer and the admirable Ulster Orchestra, Graffin has devoted colleagues, the engineers adding icing to the cake’ (Yorkshire Post)