This month brings you another bumper crop of great reviews from the leading music magazines, quality dailies and online review sites. There’s no doubt about it: Naxos releases and distributes some of the best music and audiovisual albums!
‘Thoroughly appealing hour-long release’
– Textura
‘Fresh, engaging recordings’
– The Guardian ★★★★★
‘A revelation!’
– Stretto
‘A celebration of Korngold, then a demonstration of the miraculous variety his music holds, brilliantly conceived as a programme and performed with real devotion.’
– Classical Explorer
‘Butterfield, McMahon and Wollston play it with a lovely feeling of enjoyment and engagement…’
– Planet Hugill ★★★★
‘Fresh and lively playing’
– ClassicsToday.com
‘Lyatoshynsky provides us with an exciting listening adventure.’
– Gramophone
‘The music is such a delightful discovery, and Bästlein’s singing is so full of character…’
– Fanfare
‘Heavenly violin playing by the mother and fine orchestral accompaniment by the daughter’
– de Gelderlander ★★★★★
‘…Do listen to the end as the work’s close is both ravishing and haunting.’
– Classical Explorer
‘Nicolosi’s highly idiomatic virtuosity showcases all the material to the best possible effect.’
– Infodad.com ★★★★
‘A grand discovery!’
– Stretto
‘The recording is a triumph… Hans-Christoph Rademann is well-versed in this repertoire and brings to both pieces well-considered tempi, lithe textures, and choral singing that has strength of purpose without ever been overbearing.’
– Choir & Organ ★★★★★
‘Bondona is an embarrassment of riches containing plenty of surprise, delight and depth.’
– Songlines ★★★★
‘Singh’s joyful enthusiasm is infectious and his solo debut is a delight.’
– Baker & Taylor CD Hotlist
‘A real treat, from every angle. Inspired, in fact.’
– Classical Explorer
‘A Rzewski recording that will last.’
– AllMusic.com ★★★★★
‘An ensemble to make each [piece] stand out and stand in its own deserving space.’
– ClassicsToday.com
‘Supreme musicianship, enthusiasm and commitment.’
– MusicWeb International
‘I can’t imagine these masterful interpretations being bettered.’
– Limelight
‘It’s quite an experience. And one that you want to repeat almost immediately.’
– Limelight
‘This great music needs a great interpreter and the young Chinese pianist Xiaoya Liu is it, with a great technique and precision… An exceptional disc.’
– Scherzo
‘Liu’s incisive, assertive and galvanic projection of the outer movements [of Fantasia from the Third Sonata] makes an altogether stronger case, together with Dynamic’s superior recorded sound and overall production values. Highly recommended.’
– Gramophone
‘Listening to these pieces makes me want to find a group to read thru them!’
– American Record Guide
‘The interpretations have a moving character and create a very special atmosphere of well-being in the listener.’
– Pizzicato ★★★★★
‘Tunes played with total commitment that are accessible, surprising, and richly enjoyable.’
– Jazz Views
‘New York-based Lithuanian composer wows with new works for string orchestra.’
– Limelight
‘I find it hard to imagine better performances than these… Ondine’s sound engineers have also ensured that Martinaitytė’s evocative sound worlds are conveyed with all the clarity and transparency one could wish for.’
– Kulturdelen ★★★★★
‘The whole performance has a remarkable vigour and élan. That this is a live performance is all the more remarkable.’
– Planet Hugill
‘Ever-shifting rhythms, visceral melodies and thrilling interpretations.’
– The WholeNote
‘This set is yet another feather in his [Rosbaud’s] cap, one that should be heard by all serious music lovers.’
– The Art Music Lounge
‘This is a long-awaited first video representation of Mathis der Maler, much welcomed for its overall quality, including superb audio and video.’
– Fanfare
‘There may be a glut of recent Cockerel DVDs out there but this is one that cannot be missed.’
– Gramophone
‘This DVD is an opportunity to appreciate perhaps the finest work by one of the finest composers of the 20th century’
– new-classics.co.uk
‘I have nothing but praise for Camilla Nylund’s Jenůfa. She is mesmerizing and inhabits her role as well as any I have heard.’
– MusicWeb International
‘The orchestral playing and choral singing really are splendid…’
– BBC Music Magazine ★★★★
‘Christian Thielemann, a deeply committed Brucknerian, in splendid filmed performances with the Vienna PO.’
– Gramophone