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It was while playing in quartet I made an important discovery: it is the power of musical presence that gives the performance its indispensible spontaneity, and fills it with life. I think this plays a decisive role in conducting too, since conducting is first and foremost a spiritual activity, and doesn't depend on beating technique. The decisive factor is the conductor's aura, the way he experiences the music. (Sándor Végh) Over the years I had occasion again and again to hear his teaching, work and concerts with the Camerata Academica. ...and the series of rehearsals in Prussia Cove he invited me to... They were preparing Beethoven's grosse fuge all week with sixteen strings. The way he brought to life every passage of the work, and made it tangible, as approaching it from Bartók he conjured up for us a new image of Beethoven, was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I consider my encounter with Sándor Végh a great gift from fate. (György Kurtág) It really is difficult to explain in words what he did when he conducted. Perhaps we get closest to the truth if i say that somehow he drew, he painted the music into the air. (András Schiff)

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In my experience there are only two conductors who could have delivered these pungent, characterful and lovingly played performances, Pablo Casals and Sandor Vegh. Take the minuscule dramatic pause at 2'58' into Coriolan, the archer poised to let his arrow fly, yet somehow it works and the playing is superb. The ceremonious opening of Mozart's Haffner Symphony is muscular and broadly paced, the Andante that follows patient and expressively drawn, which makes the swift Minuet and punchy closing Presto doubly effective. (The) Budapest recording of the 'Great' C major is (...) full of energy and personality. The dramatic high points in the second and fourth movements make their full effect and the Scherzo and finale are rhythmically driven while the transition into the middle section of the Andante con moto is marginally subtler in the version under review.

     —Rob Cowan, Gramophone, September 2014

The early Schubert symphonies are for those wishing to focus on Végh's conception of the composer while the Hungarian performances will appeal more to a generalist - or simply an admirer of outstanding direction from a great musician.

     —Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International