Mendelssohn, Fanny - Das Jahr (The Year)

Her 12 characterful miniatures, one for each month, all superb, range from a sparkling scherzo to a bittersweet serenade. Martina Frezzotti is an engaging guide. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bjørkøe plays elegantly with an alluring, singing tone and has been well recorded. There is an intimacy and affection here that is most attractive. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2023 More…

Speidel made several albums of Hensel’s works, and this is the best of them that I have yet heard: the works on it are mainly superb and have been well ‘curated’ for contrast and colour, while... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

…although this work stems from a happy time in Fanny Mendelssohn's life, a seam of dignified melancholy runs through it, and we find a raw emotional intensity than is uncommon in Felix's music.... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…