Thomas Fasano

Tom Fasano has been writing reviews of classical music recordings for the past quarter century. He's finally making them public on this blog.
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Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor – Pagliughi Tansini

Gaetano Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor Lina Pagliughi (soprano), Giovanni Malipiero (tenor), Giuseppe Manacchini (baritone), Luciano Neroni (bass)…

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Delius: Violin and Piano Concertos Plus Orchestral Works

Frederick Delius (1862–1934): Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto; Two Pieces for Cello and Piano (“Caprice” and “Elegy”); On…

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Milhaud Debussy Ravel String Quartets – Quartetto Italiano

Darius Milhaud: String Quartet No. 12, Op. 252 / Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G minor /…

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Debussy and Ravel String Quartets – Belcea Quartet

Belcea String Quartet Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 / Dutilleux Ainsi la nuit /…

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Debussy Préludes and Fantaisie Messiaen Catalogue doiseaux – Kars

Claude Debussy: Préludes (Complete); Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre Olivier Messiaen: Regards de l’Enfant-Jésus (Regard de l’Esprit…

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Lyell Cresswell Chamber Works – Hebrides Ensemble

Lyell CRESSWELL (b. 1944) Whira (1996) • Atta (1993) • Anake (1998) • Acquerello (1998) • Variations…

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Chopin Ballades and Polonaises by Freddy Kempf

Freddy Kempf Frederic Chopin: Four Ballades: G minor, Op. 23; F major, Op. 38; A flat major,…

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Charles Wakefield Cadman Chamber Works – Posnak and Ensemble

Charles Wakefield Cadman: Piano Trio (1914), Violin Sonata (1930), Piano Quintet (1937), The Legend of the Canyon…

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Webern Orchestral Works – Ulster Orchestra

Webern’s Miniature Universe, Finely Calibrated Naxos 8.554841 The Ulster Orchestra under Takuo Yuasa offers something increasingly rare…

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Weber Peter Schmoll – Hagen Philharmonic Markson

Weber’s Juvenilia: A Fifteen-Year-Old’s Prophetic Voice Peter Schmoll and his Neighbours (1802) Soloists; Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra/Gerhard Markson…