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"Rachel Barton is such a commanding presence that I never budged from my listening couch for the 78 minutes duration of this CD… Barton elicits a rich, burnished tone that eloquently and thrillingly portrays the violin as devil… This disc is simply one of the finest violin recordings I've heard in the last five years."
Audiophile Audition

"What scares me most about this demonic-themed recording is Rachel Barton's almost inhuman violin playing… Her playing is both exciting and immaculate… Don't miss this recording."
American Record Guide

"A release that deserves a place in every violinist's library. A frightfully good, thoroughly entertaining fire and brimstone recital, warmly (or, in keeping with the theme, hotly) recommended. Look out, Jack Nicholson!"
Fanfare

"Rachel Barton's powerful musical personality lifts virtuoso showpieces (Bazzini, Paganini, Sarasate) almost into the realm of high art. This is a unique and wonderful disc, not to be missed by any lover of the violin."
Editorial Review - Amazon.com

"More than a gimmick album, it allows Barton to display her stunning technique in a variety of fiendishly difficult works, including what may be the fastest version of Bazzini's "Round of the Goblins" on CD."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

(out of 4) "Dynamite virtuoso performances of music written as much for show off purposes as any other. Barton truly does seem possessed."
The Laser Disc Gazette

"This fine collection of some of the thorniest virtuoso violin works with 'devilish' connections is by any standards a formidable undertaking… [Rachel Barton's] fearless assaults on the Liszt-Milstein Mephisto Waltz and Berlioz-Barton-Sinozich Dream of a Witches' Sabbath (a blistering transcription of the Symphonie Fantastique's finale) really take some believing… It's the kind of disc that as Barton's career develops will surely become something of a collector's item."
The Strad