Marco Fusi

So here we are again, the end of the year, looking back at the almighty heights scaled by the most intrepid few. Here’s the first half of 2025’s Best Albums of the Year, an absolute showcase of fearless invention and remarkable beauty that demands and deserves your full, undivided attention.

Two primary sensibilities characterise this remarkable album featuring six pieces by Patricia Alessandrini & Marco Fusi. The first is intimacy, conveyed in the close, careful, sympathetic way Alessandrini and Fusi approach and interact with one another’s sounds. The other is tactility, a pronounced sense of not merely touch but an …