Jones’s playing of both instruments enthrals. Annabel Thwaite’s accompaniments, beautifully shaded and weighted, are on the same superb level. - BBC Music Magazine

lively, alert, and even virtuosic readings - Fanfare

beyond fabulous rhythmics, both of the pianists achieve in giving a soul to this very special music - Pizzicato

I found it a most enjoyable hour of Haydn. - MusicWeb International

red-blooded performances - BBC Music Magazine

The orchestration is creative and the piano interacts beguilingly with all the instruments and has some very lovely lines on its own, lines that Frith delineates with delicacy. - The Buffalo News

extremely enjoyable release that deserves wide circulation
- ClassicsToday.com

elegant, refined and piquant - The New York Times

the performances are completely satisfying, and very well recorded too
- ClassicsToday.com

persuasively crafted, making these regal, beautifully played and recorded accounts impossible to dismiss - The New York Times

subtle and delightful - International Record Review

gorgeous rhythms and bright colors - Pizzicato

steel-edged, brilliantly articulated fingerwork - ClassicsToday.com

Masó brilliantly advocates a fascinating but overlooked Spanish composer
- American Record Guide

This is an album as remarkable for the extraordinary quality of Faust’s playing as for the quality of the music. - Fanfare

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a performance that is incisive and powerfully committed
- BBC Music Magazine

A worthy choice for libraries looking for a one-volume history of Western philosophy. - Library Journal

The undisputed focal point here is the conductor himself, whose soulful intensity, both heard and seen, makes this video an important complement to any of the fine recordings in the catalogue. - Opera News

splendid sound, never harsh or bright but always fulsome and vast, and expert cinematography - Audiophile Audition

The Los Angeles performance has star quality. - MusicWeb International

[Rummel] is a master of a range of expression from the virtuosic to the mysterious that makes these works come alive. - American Record Guide

There is a wintry beauty in the Pacifica’s rendition of these tormented quartets and even where the mood is bleak, the sound radiates warmth and reconciliation. - The New York Times

Impeccable and sympathetic musicianship combines with a first-rate sonic experience to make this an appetizing album. - SA-CD.net

This is not a concerto that overwhelms with ferocious passagework or impossibly dense chords, but rather, one that beguiles gradually in its three lightly scored movements. - The Juilliard Journal Online

brilliant accounts of characterful instrumental pieces - The New York Times

Here is more extremely good and fulfilling work done by Grand Piano with a well documented and recorded recital played to the manner born by Hayk Melikyan. - MusicWeb International

an important document of the early stages of a crucial Boston partnership
- The Boston Globe

If this is the beginning of a Liszt symphonic poem cycle, it’s off to a great start. - American Record Guide

Francesco Giammarco’s playing is consistently confident and penetrating.
- American Record Guide

rhythmically zesty and bold account - ClassicsToday.com

No extravagance, no special effects but a lot of elegance, refinement and warmness. - Pizzicato

It would be hard not to enjoy these idiomatic performances on an instrument which produces such pungent and characterful sounds. - MusicWeb International

This is an all-around magnificent release, and not just for the music, which ranges from stunningly beautiful and deeply moving to rib-tickling funny. - Fanfare