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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Bach Cantatas by Rilling and Gächinger Kantorei

Bach Cantatas Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart Hänssler Classic 94028 (4 CDs) Helmuth Rilling’s complete…

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Barber Violin Concerto – Alsop and Royal Scottish Orchestra

Barber: Violin Concerto, op. 14; Souvenirs, op. 28; Serenade for Strings, op. 1; Music for a Scene…

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Bach Art of Fugue – Leonhardt 1953 Vienna Recording

Leonhardt’s Pioneering Vision, Compromised by Its Moment Gustav Leonhardt was twenty-five when he made this recording in…

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Avison Concerti Grossi by Georgian Consort

Avison’s Concerti Grossi: An Eighteenth-Century Northumbrian Speaks Charles Avison—Newcastle organist, concert organizer, polemicist—remains one of those awkward…

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Arnold: Orchestral Works – Handley and Stephenson

ARNOLD: The Collection Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley; London Musici/Mark Stephenson; Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal Band/Elgar Howarth; Julian…

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Stokowski Bach Transcriptions – All-American Youth Orchestra 1940-41

# Stokowski’s Bach: The All-American Youth Orchestra Sessions These 1940–41 recordings have been around—fragments here, bits there—but…

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Bach Preludes and Fugues by Youri Egorov

BACH: Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 850, 857, 869; Italian Concerto, BWV 971 Youri…

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Bach Cantata Arias – Arleen Auger and Rilling

BACH: Cantata Arias Arleen Augér, soprano; Bach-Collegium Stuttgart / Helmut Rilling; Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn Hänssler CD 94.035…

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Galante Baroque Arias – Misguided Crossover Attempt

Tomaso ALBINONI (1671-1751) “Adagio” [8:45] J.S. BACH (1685-1750) Ei wie schmekt der Coffee [4:29] Cantata 144 –…

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Bach Cantatas Volume 15 – Suzuki and Japan Collegium

Bach: Sacred Cantatas, Volume 15 Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki BIS CD-1111 The Japanese are teaching…