For one hour this was one man and one accordion with a hell of a lot of buttons, but no gimmics. He was in charge of an orchestra and it sounded magnificent.
Simon Broughton, Songlines

Haltli revisits the past without sentimentality and makes it current in music that is both beautiful and exciting.
Julian Cowley, The Wire

The accordion has never - well, hardly ever - had it so good. But forget Piazzolla and Pohjonen, certainly banish thoughts of the tango: This debut solo disc from the Norwegian virtuoso Frode Haltli presents five challenging new works which explore the furthest sonic regions of the instrument.
Hilary Flinch, BBC Music Magazine