"ɹᵻnˈeɪ pˈeɪpz kˈɪŋ mˈɑːɹk ɪz ɐ mæɡnˈɪfɪsənt ænd dˈɪɡnᵻfˌaɪd pɚfˈoːɹməns, sˈʌŋ wɪððɪ ˈʌtmoʊst kəmpˈæʃən ænd wɪð ɐn ˈɛnviəbəl ɹˈɪtʃnəs ænd ɹˈeɪndʒ ʌv bˈeɪs tˈoʊn", ɹˈoʊt mˈaɪkəl kˈɛnədi ɪnðə sˈʌndeɪ tˈɛlᵻɡɹˌæf ˌɔn twˈɛnti fˈaɪv mˈeɪ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θɹˈiː.
"René Pape's King Marke is a magnificent and dignified performance, sung with the utmost compassion and with an enviable richness and range of bass tone", wrote Michael Kennedy in the Sunday Telegraph on 25 May 2003.