"Rilling is thrilling — investing the music with dramatic intensity without sacrificing any of its lyrical beauty." —Fanfare

"Heinz Holliger always throws himself into a project 150 percent and expects everyone else to as well!" —Soprano Juliane Banse

"One can immediately admire the conviction, the obvious belief in a viewpoint. At their very best, the performances can emerge as a breath of fresh air; at the very worst, they are thought-provoking (no bad thing). The rethinking of standard repertoire at the behest of their chief conductor has seemingly energized the Stuttgart orchestra to great heights." —The Independent