Press & Reviews

CD Reviews
American Record Guide 2009

“Their work is of top quality, with particularly fine attention to French diction and stylistic feeling. The sound is strong and vivid. The booklet includes full texts with translations, plus excellent notes… an altogether outstanding release”, Nov/Dec, 2009

American Record Guide 2009

“…Collectors of French Baroque music are in for a revelation with these two discs…”, Nov/Dec, 2009

Early Music Winter 2007

“Kudos to La Donna Musicale as they champion the unheard music of women composers”, Winter, 2007

CD hotlist

“(the) ensemble plays with all the elegance and panache one has come to expect of them”,
Winter 2007

Goldberg Fall 2007

“Everything about this American ensemble is First rate”, Fall, 2007

International Record Review

The Seven Psalms of David, Vol.I and Vol. II, review in International Record Review, April 2007
Early Music, Vol. 34, No. 2

The Seven Psalms of David, Vol.I review in Early Music magazine,
May 2006, Vol. 34, No. 2
Early Music America, Sum. 2006

The Seven Psalms of David, Vol.II review in Early Music America magazine,
Summer 2006
Notes 2005

Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association is regarded as the foremost scholarly journal for music libraries and librarianship:
“La Donna Musicale performs these works with warmth and impeccable accuracy…”
“Highly recommended…
Goldberg Vol. 39

The Seven Psalms of David, Vol.II four-star review in Goldberg magazine, Spring 2006
Goldberg Vol. 33

The Seven Psalms of David, Vol.I five-star review in Goldberg Magazine, Spring 2005
Early Music Ameria, Spr. 2005

The Seven Psalms of David, Vol.I review in Early Music America magazine, Spring 2005
Performance reviews and articles
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

“Hardly any other ensemble in the world is so distinguished by both scholarly research and performance”, June 2009
Viola da Gamba Society of NE

“The variety of instrumental combinations worked beautifully with the talented vocal soloists throughout the performance.” - Viola da Gamba Society of New England, Spring 2009
Harvard University Gazette Online
“Scholar plucks composers out of the dark&rdquo,
March 2009

 
Arizona Daily Star

“Group shares lost works by lady composers&rdquo,
September 2008

 
Boston Globe
“On a quest to give female composers their due”,
August 2008

 
EMA 2007

A French Taste for Boston's Festival, Early Music America journal, Volume 13, No 3, Fall 2007
ARS 2007

ARS awards and concerts aplenty during the Boston Early Music Festival, Bits & Pieces
Muren Bieter Review
August 2006 review of
La Donna Musicale's Swiss concert
by Der Murtenbieter
Bay Windows review
June 26, 2003, Bay Windows newspaper Performance Review, Boston Early Music Festival.
Boston Globe
August 2004 article on
La Donna Musicale
by the Boston Globe