“There is absolutely nothing new about an album of Romantic piano pieces on the theme of nature, but that makes this double-album effort by pianist Zlata Chochieva all the more impressive, for she brings unexpected new dimensions to the idea.<…> A virtuoso release in more ways than one, Im Freien is compelling from start to finish, <…> The album landed on classical best-seller lists in the spring of 2023.”
– Allmusic, James Manheim
June 2023