By Elaine Fine
American Record Guide
01-Aug-2001

"...The remastering is extraordinary. The producer, Mark Obert-Thorn, has drastically improved the sound over the 1994 RCA reissues in The Heifetz Collection.

By Erik Levi
BBC Music Magazine
01-Jun-2001

"Another legendary Prokofiev recording is the 1937 performance of the Second Violin Concerto featuring Jascha Heifetz and the Boston SO under Serge Koussevitzky, superbly transferred to CD by Mark Obert-Thorn. Needless to say, Heifetz's delivery of the solo part is mesmerically brilliant in the finale, but the violinist also captures to perfection the lyrical nostalgia of theslow movement."

By Robert Cummings
CDNow

"This has been for years touted as the definitive Prokofiev Second by a good many musicologists and record collectors. Recorded on December 20, 1937, three days after Heifetz and Koussevitsky gave the work its American premiere, it is riveting from first note to last. Naxos spares no expense here, using transfers by the esteemed Mark Obert-Thorn and intelligent notes by Tully Potter, not to mention a rare cover photo of Heifetz (from Potter's collection). In short, this production in every way is first-class. In the end, this must be counted as an important reissue, both for the performances and the high production values. Highly recommended."