'Best of all was the Philharmonia Chorus, which sounded refreshed and invigorated by its gutsy, period-instrument Beethoven experience.'
Richard Fairman, Financial Times, 12 April 2010

'The Philharmonia Chorus......sounded here like a choir reborn'
Richard Morrison, The Times, 13 April 2010

'The Philharmonia Chorus were on cracking form'
Martin Kettle, The Guardian, 12 April 2010

'The movement was impelled with stirring clarity......the chorus masterful'
Paul Driver, The Sunday Times, 18 April 2010

'The Philharmonia Chorus brought vibrancy, bite and panache'
Anna Picard, The Independent on Sunday, 18 April 2010

'The most outstanding contribution of the evening came from the Philharmonia Chorus who sang with pin-point accuracy and gusto throughout, and they were rightly rewarded with the biggest ovation of the evening.'
Keith McDonnell, www.musicomh.com

'Volkov supo mantener la tensión necesaria hasta la llegada del último movimiento en el que la aportación del Coro Philharmonia fue sobresaliente. Sus voces exactas en impostación, estilo y afinación, marcaron con precisión el majestuoso presto con un cuarteto de solistas exquisito en el empaste, aún con las ya sabidas dificultades en la parte de la soprano.'

'Volkov maintained the required tension until the advent of the last movement, and the contribution of the Philharmonia Chorus was outstanding. Their voices, of exact placement, style and tuning, marked the majestic presto with precision with a quartet of soloists blending exquisitely, in spite of the well-known difficulties of the soprano parts.'
Emiliano Allende, El Norte de Castilla, 13 April 2010

'The barely audible “shh” of the chorus in their opening “Aufersteh’n” and “Staub” were like puffs of wind lifting the music from mere mortality and toward the light, and the cymbal stroke and harp glissando at “Was entstanden ist” was hair-raising.'

Peter Reed, www.classicalsource.com