Her approach to the Sonata is both dramatic and deliberate, and avoids becoming academic or predictable—Hewitt’s reading may be the most important new recording of the work since Markus Groh’s superb SACD for Avie Records was released almost a decade ago. While she has the technique to handle the work easily, she never hits listeners over the head with obvious virtuoso stunts … What’s most exciting about this release is it confirms Hewitt is continuing to grow and mature as an artist and as an intellectual, and there is much for her audiences to anticipate and relish as her extraordinarily successful career continues.

ConcertoNet, Canada