Naïve

(Déjà Review) Entices me to seek out more music by this fine and unjustly neglected composer [KS]

A brilliant introduction to Armenian piano music [SA]

(Déjà Review) Eloquent testimony to Svetlanov’s stature as a conductor [CC]

The gloriously expressive slow-movement ariosos are the highlights [MG]

(Déjà Review) Quatuor Mosaïques are an astonishing ensemble who deserve the utmost praise for these magnificent performances [MC]

(Déjà Review) Indulgence is avoided, lending more, not less, emotive weight to the cascades of sound [CC]

Recommended for the bright, powerful and yet sensitive attention to detail and texture [MS]

(Déjà Review) Certainly a Haydn recital like you’ve never heard before [ED]

(Déjà Review) A glorious, theatrical recording of Monteverdi’s final collection of madrigals [GPu]

(Déjà Review) For their fiercely propulsive and compellingly vital performances Il Giardino Armonico has few equals [MC]

(Déjà Review) So many details teased out by Alessandrini make this new version very compelling indeed [TH]

A must-have for any serious music lover [KS]

(Déjà Review) Recommendable both to lovers of zarzuela and to those new to it [RH]

(Déjà Review) I urge listeners who wouldn’t normally purchase a recital of lute works to hear this superlative recording [MC]

(Déjà Review) Not just for anoraks, this is a marvellous introduction to Puccini [CF]

Latest addition to Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition brings out the amorous playfulness of an obscure Serenata [CRo]

(Déjà Review) Intelligently crafted, satisfying appetites in both Romantic and Classical camps [AN]

Margain is very much at home in this music, and is its ideal exponent [SG]

An imaginative programme, given fine performances [DJB]

An exceptionally well-conceived, exciting yet controlled rendering [MS]