“THE YEAR’S BEST CLASSICAL RELEASE ... perhaps the most opulent book and CD set ever published. The performances are exceptional in themselves, quite apart from the project’s historic worth. This is an absolute must for fiddle fanciers, while more general music lovers will learn as they listen.” - John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune, December, 1999

“It’s hard to imagine that the case for Stradivari and Guarneri could be more powerfully stated in words, pictures, or recorded sound—or to imagine that any future book about violins will not be judged by this epoch-defining standard” - Robert Maxham, Fanfare