Positive reviews for Pandolfi Mealli

Since its publication in May 2023, my album with the complete violin sonatas by Antonio Pandolfi Mealli has received a considerable number of overall very positive reviews. I am very happy that most reviewers appreciated my approach and the way I chose my continuo instruments, and that they seem to understand the nature of the music as I do. The CD was among Scherzo’s “Discos Excepcionales” in the July/August issue, received five diapasons and four or five stars in most other reviews.

Some quotes:

"Her violin grows into a character. In many sonatas, the violin becomes a kind of human voice, telling stories in a mysterious secret language, of which we do not fully understand the details but still experience the enchantment." NRC (Netherlands), June 2023

Eva Saladin…performs with great taste, allowing the musical lines and the excellent continuo realisations to flow, with a highly communicative violin that, with musicality, seeks the narrative expressiveness of this music.
Scherzo (Spain), July/August 2023

"This is how she leverages the strength of this repertoire: musically, they draw from the same source, but in terms of character and atmosphere, each sonata is distinct – an effect accentuated by the adjustments in the ensemble. So, double accolades for Saladin, who reaffirms her status as a top-tier musician and a violinfluencer."
Standaard (Belgium), May 2023

The performance quality […] is beyond any conceivable criticism. Eva Saladin, the primus inter pares among this excellent group, truly plays this music as if it were her second skin, all the while producing a brilliant violin sound. The other three musicians, in varying combinations, articulate and phrase just as beautifully and convincingly alongside her. It is also fascinating to hear how the violin often takes on the magical guise of an enchanting singing voice, to which the continuo responds just as beguilingly."
Opus Klassiek (Netherlands), June 2023

Violinist Eva Saladin […] “sells” the music extremely well, navigating abrupt key changes, dissonances, pauses, echo, “cadenzas”, and other gestures with ease and confidence.
American Record Guide (USA), November/December 2023

"Murmurs and echoes mingle with swift outbursts, refreshing the listening experience of these pages. This recording easily stands beside its predecessors and reaffirms Saladin as a violinist to follow."
Diapason Magazine (France), November 2023