Musicologist Richard Toop wrote about Woodward's performance and recording of Barraqué's Sonata: "Good as this was [referring to Claude Helffer recording of Barraqué's Sonata], it was eclipsed a few years later by the present recording, which so impressed the composer that he promised Roger Woodward a Second Sonata. In reality, this was never going to happen—a year later, the already sick composer would be dead—but it is a striking testament to this remarkable performance, here in an extraordinary digital restoration of the original tapes." "Review of Roger Woodward's recording" by Richard Toop, Celestial Harmonies, 1972
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compare also 46 minutes 23 seconds in Herbert Henck's [de] performance (ECM 1621), 54 minutes 23 seconds in Stefan Litwin's (cpo 999 569–2).
