"... they embody the deceptively easygoing lyricism of Fauré’s songs, making this an unexpected treasure trove of his melodic invention." ****
Christopher Dingle - BBC Music magazine - November 2014
"... it’s a fascinating insight into an important educational workshop, and assured performances from Freeman-Attwood and Howat also make it a musical experience in its own right. The recorded sound is in the usual Linn top-drawer league."
Martin Anderson - International Record Review - December 2014
"... No genuine Fauré maven will want to be without this album."
Adrian Corleonis - Fanfare - January-February 2015
"Freeman-Attwood has a warm timbre and he phrases the often simple melodic lines appealingly, catching their stylistic differences admirably. Both pianists give him sensitive support. The result is a most attractive anthology, naturally balanced and recorded."
Ivan March - Gramophone magazine - October 2014
"... They take surprise twists and turns, which makes sense considering they were supposed to put students through their paces. They are pleasant, graceful and individual ..."
Mary Kunz Goldman - Buffalo News - 29 August 2014
"... This is an intriguing disc. It is not often that you hear world premières of newly discovered music by such a well known and major composer as Fauré. This is exactly what we have here An interesting and well executed première performance."
Stuart Stillitoe - MusicWeb-International.com - 13 October 2014
"This quirky but fascinating disc includes the premiere recordings of dozens of Gabriel Fauré’s Vocalises - the tiny but ear-ticklingly imaginative vocal exercises on which he tested his students at the Paris Conservatoire. They were first published last year. The quirk is that the performer here is not a singer but a lyrical trumpet player, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, who also plays transcriptions of other early 20th-century French music." ****
Richard Morrison - The Times - 2 August 2014
"... Rightly describing the pieces as ’exquisite’, he brings them to life with an assured lyrical panache that left this listener lamenting the fact that Fauré never wrote a substantial solo work for trumpet during his lifetime" ****
Matthew Tucker - Sinfini Music - 27 August 2014
"... Jonathan Freeman-Attwood’s quiet, direct approach on the trumpet is just right. Recommended for Fauré lovers."
James Manheim - AllMusic.com - 1 August 2014