“Boyde pulls off the storming stuff but is also very satisfying at spinning the cantabile. It's a celebration in romantic exuberance. No wonder the audience greeted it so enthusiastically. This is a fine live event with all the associated frisson of risk and spontaneity. The playing in those faster movements [of the Shostakovich] is remarkable” – Rob Barnett (MusicWeb 2011)

“Boyde makes detail come to life; he has an amazing capacity to build up long piano solos thereby making them full of interest. His cadenzas are breathtaking and the clarity of his finger work is stunning... he generates tremendous excitement. He has enviable lyrical gifts ... The orchestra and conductor must also be congratulated. The exemplary recording greatly aids the clarity of detail.” - David Wright (MusicWeb 1997)

“Andreas Boyde is exactly the man for the job… Boyde more than any brings out the music in the notes. Boyde is splendidly matched by conductor Johannes Fritzsch who is equally sympathetic to the score, [In the Shostakovich}, too, the Freiburgers turn in top-notch playing…. Their performance fairly crackles with excitement.: - Robert Markow (Fanfare)