Thomas Fasano
Shostakovich Symphony No 8 – Jansons and Pittsburgh
Jansons and Pittsburgh in Shostakovich’s Eighth: A Monument to Circumstance This is a strange disc—strange in its…
Schumann Symphonies 1 and 4 – Thielemann Channels Furtwängler
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 Philharmonia Orchestra / Christian Thielemann DG 469 700–2 [68:48] There’s an…
Schubert Wanderer Fantasy – Leonskaja 1988
SCHUBERT: Wandererfantasie; Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894 Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano Deutsche Grammophon The late recordings…
Schubert Song Cycles by Bär and Parsons
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Winterreise** Olaf Bär, baritone; Geoffrey Parsons, piano EMI Classics (recorded 1986, 1988) There…
Schubert Winterreise – Bass Jules Bastin
A Bass in Winter: Jules Bastin’s Unexpected Journey Here’s an oddity worth contemplating. Jules Bastin—that superb Belgian…
Wand Schubert Symphonies – Inevitable Rightness
Wand’s Schubert: The Art of Inevitable Rightness Günter Wand belonged to that vanishing breed of conductors who…
Schreker Orchestral Works – Slovak Philharmonic Under Seipenbusch
# Schreker Without the Shimmer Franz Schreker: Orchestral Works Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Edgar Seipenbusch Naxos 8.555246…
Schnittke Sacred Choral Works – Holst Singers
Schnittke: Concerto for Mixed Chorus; Voices of Nature; Minnesang** Holst Singers/Stephen Layton Hyperion CDA67297 [64:48] The grotesque…
Scarlatti Complete Sonatas by Belder – Volume 1
Scarlatti’s Keyboard Universe: An Ambitious Beginning Pieter-Jan Belder Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1 Sonatas K….
Saint-Saëns Requiem and Organ Symphony – Simon
A Rewarding Exploration of Saint-Saëns’ Spiritual and Symphonic Worlds Geoffrey Simon and Cala Records deserve credit for…