Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany 2006
…the highest precision with keen intensity…stirring emotionalism… a brilliant conclusion.
Smith…found the greatest potential for interpretative distinction [in the Beethoven Variations, linking] the highest precision with keen intensity. The lyrical outlines of the Jan Vorisek Impromptus [were also] reproduced with stirring emotionalism. The Introduction and Rondo Brillante by Ignaz Moscheles that followed attained a sweeping finale. This was a great attempt with a brilliant conclusion.
—Süddeutsche Zeitung, Elysium Festival 2006, Bernried, Germany