March 2025
Love Divine (Convivium Records)
The first recording of a Renaissance mass setting and new works by women composers in a well sung recital [DHa]
Schubert: Licht und Schatten (Harmonia Mundi)
Hasselhorn weaves light and shadow into a unity in a fascinating programme, superbly sung [GF]
Debussy: String Quartets and Sonatas (Hyperion)
Combines the wonderful world of Debussy with the superb playing of the Nash Ensemble [SA]
Slavík: Violin Concertos (Private release)
Paganinian virtuoso Josef Slavik finds a home in Italy in sometimes vulnerable filming but always virile and stylish performances [JW]
Massenet: Hérodiade (Naxos)
An exciting and well sung account of Massenet’s biblical opera [RWe]
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & Roméo et Juliette (RCA)
A welcome reissue of two of the great Berlioz recordings [MBu]
CPE Bach: Sonatas and Rondos (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) I am thrilled that this splendidly crafted and colorful music has seen the sunlight [KS]
Arnold: The Return of Odysseus (Divine Art)
(Déjà Review) It is wonderful that Odysseus has returned – to his proper place before the music-loving public [PSe]