'A delightful piece in the same vein as Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. The composer's daughter, Peggy Seeger, completed the text especially for the recording, while Lin and narrator Tomothy Jones enthusiastically chart the story's progress in words and tones' (Classics Today).
Classics Today 10/10, highest rating; Fono Forum: Stern des Monats; International Record Review: outstanding; Music Web International: outstanding: ''Very strongly recommended'.