Thomas Fasano
Giordano: Andrea Chénier – Tebaldi
GIORDANO Andrea Chénier (Tebaldi, Soler, Savarese) Renata Tebaldi, José Soler, Ugo Savarese Cetra Sound engineers working for…
Gibbons: Music for Viols, Volume 2 – Concordia
GIBBONS Go from my Window: Music for Viols, Volume 2 Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Concordia: Mark Levy, Reiko…
Gibbons: Fantazias for Viols – Concordia
GIBBONS Royal Fantasies: Music for Viols, Volume 1 Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Concordia: Mark Levy (treble viol), Joanna…
Gianneo Piano Works – Marinis, Cremaschi, Viani
GIANNEO Piano Works – volumes 1 and 2 Luis Gianneo (1897-1968) Dora de Marinis, Alejandro Cremaschi, Fernando…
Handel: Theodora – Neumann
HANDEL Theodora HWV 68 Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) Johanette Zomer, soprano; Syste Buwalda, alto; Helena Rasker, mezzo-soprano;…
Grieg Part-Songs for Male Voices – Die Singphoniker
GRIEG Part-Songs for Male Voices Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Die Singphoniker CPO 999 835-2 (59:03) Grieg wrote for…
Concertos for Orchestra – Hoddinott and McCabe
The British Symphonic Collection: Hoddinott, McCabe There used to be an easy consensus, back when these pieces…
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus – Somary
HANDEL Judas Maccabaeus Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) Heather Harper, soprano; Helen Watts, contralto; Alexander Young, tenor; John…
Elgar and Carter Cello Concertos – Weilerstein
ELGAR Cello Concerto; CARTER Cello Concerto; BRUCH Kol Nidrei (Weilerstein) Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim DECCA…
Puccini: Turandot
Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum), Mattia Olivieri…
Mozart in Paris: The Symphony and the Deathbed
In June of 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sat in a cramped Paris apartment finishing a symphony. His…
Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 – Masur
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 Leningrad Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt…
Suppé: Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen – Salvi
SUPPÉ Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen (stage music, version without narration) Franz von Suppé…
Who Is Classical Guy?
Classical Guy (classicalguy.com) is written and edited by Tom Fasano — no staff, no committee, just Tom…
Donizetti: Don Gregorio – Montanari
DONIZETTI Don Gregorio Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Giorgio Valerio (baritone), Giorgio Trucco (tenor), Livio Scarpellini (tenor), Elizaveta Martirosyan…
Frank Bridge: – Cello Sonatas
Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano), The Royal Danish Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård Naxos · 8573690 · 73 minutes There’s something about…
Telemann: – Concerto TWV 51:D8 in D major for horn, strings & b.c.
RJ Kelley (horn), Alexandra Cook (horn), John Aubrey (horn), Krista Bennion Feeney (violin)Palisades Baroque, Richard Dunn Centaur · CRC3380 · 75…
Brahms: – Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Matthias Goerne (baritone) Harmonia Mundi · HMM902652 · 56 minutes Brahms wrote these sonatas late…
Thomas Zehetmair
Thomas Zehetmair (baroque violin) ECM · 4818558 · 2 hours 6 minutes Zehetmair recorded these six works once before, decades ago,…
Bridge, Bax, Walton Piano Quartets – Cappa Ensemble
Cappa Ensemble: Bridge, Bax, Wilson, Walton (Nimbus) Cappa Ensemble (Bartosz Woroch, violin; Adam Newman, viola; Brian OKane,…
Johannes Brahms
András Schiff (piano/director), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ECM · 4855770 · 94 minutes There’s something genuinely bracing about hearing…
Alfred Schnittke
Raul Mikson (tenor), Maria Melaha (soprano), Karolina Kriis (soprano), Marianne Pärna (alto), Ave Hännikäinen (alto), Toomas Tohert…
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas
Paul Watkins (cello), Alessio Bax (piano) Signum · SIGCD969 · 1 hour 49 minutes Beethoven basically invented the cello sonata as…
Arvo Pärt
Tui Hirv (soprano) & Rainer Vilu (baritone)Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Riga Sinfonietta, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir…
