The Absolute Sound recognized this album as among the 40 Best Recordings of All Time.

"...Cellist Antonio Lysy and pianist Bryan Pezzone play gorgeously and are gorgeously recorded, the sound immaculately clear and immediate, rich in tonal splendor, and revealing of the venue (Santa Monica's The Broad Stage). The deeply resonant cello pizzicatos at the end of Schifrin's Pampas ring off into air-filled space like starlight into infinity." - Mark Lehman, The Absolute Sound

"…sonically and musically exquisite…. If you don’t agree that this is one of the finest recordings you have ever heard, your system needs to go in for repairs …this is music making of the highest caliber to go along with analog recording quality of the highest caliber. How often does that happen? …If that piece doesn't grab you first play (it will after a few), Schifrin's more cinematic, dramatic and immediately melodic Pampas will …I’ve played this record repeatedly over the past few days and I can’t get enough. When it’s over you’ll sit in stunned silence, I guaranty!" - Michael Fremer, musicangle.com

"…you’ll hear the sound quality right away, I’m sure. Even before your brain starts analyzing the soundstage, bass and treble extension, dynamics macro and micro, etc., you’ll know you like it." - George Witterschein, The Audiophile Voice