“Further enhancing the recording is the fact that some of the works are first recordings and some arrangements by the cellist herself…That she chose to present a programme so bold and original for her debut solo album speaks to her integrity and values as an artist…the music distinguished by exquisite vibrato control and authoritative command. As she wends through each of the cello's registers, the music intoxicates with an alluring, dreamlike quality.”

”In creating a transcription [of Mendelssohn's Sonata in F Major for Violin and Piano (1838)] that feels so naturally tailored to her instrument, Mendlow's gifted her fellow cellists with a terrific piece to add to their own repertoires.”

—Ron Schepper, textura.org

“Positively pulsates with energy”

”Susanna Mendlow is the archetypal cellist of today, straddling pluralistic styles and genres…she dons the arranger’s hat as well in this enterprising selection. Her transformation to B flat of the Mendelssohn F Major Violin Sonata is a hit. This work has abundant melodious impact and sits well in the cello’s register…Daichovo horo - a highly successful arrangement of the traditional fast folk dance from northern Bulgaria, its passionate and fiery melodies vividly depicted.”
”Two short solo pieces from Noam Faingold and Julia Adolphe provide a striking contrast and are persuasively performed, the Adolphe offering a grittier acerbic musical language…”

—Jo Talbot, BBC Music Magazine