Thomas Fasano
Stokowski 1947 RCA Sessions – Virtuosity Without Vision
Stokowski’s 1947 Testament: Virtuosity in Search of Vision The story of Stokowski’s wandering years after Philadelphia—and there…
Sullivan: The Golden Legend – Rediscovered Victorian Masterpiece
Sullivan’s Golden Legend: Warming the Spirit What gives Sullivan his peculiar power to touch us? Not cleverness—heaven…
Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos – Sinopoli Dresden
# Sinopoli’s Valedictory Ariadne: evidence of Textural Clarity One hesitates to call any disc a “last testament“—the…
Mengelberg Strauss – Wartime Concertgebouw Recordings
Mengelberg’s Strauss: The Autocrat at Full Throttle These recordings—Ein Heldenleben from 1941, Tod und Verklärung from the…
Smetana Bartered Bride – Historic 1933 Prague Recording
Smetana: The Bartered Bride** Otakar Oštrcil conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the National Opera Company of…
Skalkottas Chamber Works – New Hellenic Quartet
Skalkottas: Chamber Works The New Hellenic Quartet, with Jan Bengtson (flute), Per Huderson (oboe), Per Billman (clarinet),…
Siegmeister Chamber Works – Early American Modernism Reconsidered
Elie Siegmeister: Chamber and Vocal Works Gasparo GSS 2008 I confess to approaching this disc with more…
Sibelius Symphonies and Tone Poems by Berglund
SIBELIUS: Complete Symphonies and Miscellaneous Works Paavo Berglund/Helsinki Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony EMI 5 74485 2 (8 CDs)…
Sibelius and Grieg Quartets – New Helsinki Ensemble
Sibelius and Grieg String Quartets New Helsinki String Quartet Warner Apex 0927–40601–2 [72:57] The New Helsinki String…
Sibelius String Works – Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Sibelius in Miniature—and in Finnish WARNER APEX 09274 06072 (76:23) Here’s a curious thing: some composers write…