"The triumph of Collins's playing is that he realizes this dichotomy [Schumann's Eusebius / Florestan] marvellously, in playing of great poetic warmth twinned with necessary outbursts of Sturm und Drang, and whimsy and poignancy and melancholy and much else.. ...Quite apart from the comparisons listed above [Richter / Arrau], I have also checked out some of my other Schumann recordings, and I feel that Collins has little to fear from other pianists, including the best. . . .On the second disc, Kinderszenen has just that quality of inner restraint, almost self-communion, that only the best Schumann players achieve. . . .This is a fine new release, and all Schumann enthusiasts should sit up and take notice of a rare talent."
Piers Burton-Page, International Record Review, July / August 2006
