Thomas Fasano
Puccini: La Fanciulla del West – Historic RAI Recording
# Puccini’s Western Gamble: A Historic Document Worth Revisiting Puccini: La fanciulla del West** Carla Gavazzi (Minnie),…
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet – Preljocaj and Nagano
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet** Lyon National Opera Ballet & Lyon National Opera Orchestra / Kent Nagano Arthaus…
Russian Concertos by William Kapell
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26; SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes, Op. 34 (Nos. 24, 10, 5);…
Piazzolla Orchestral Works – Dutoit Montreal
Piazzolla: Orchestral Works Daniel Binelli, bandoneon; Eduardo Isaac, guitar; Louise Pellerin, piano; Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/Charles Dutoit…
Peter Philips Motets – Tudor Consort Naxos Recording
Peter Philips: Cantiones Sacrae (Motets for Five Voices) The Tudor Consort/Peter Walls Naxos Early Music Series 8.555056…
Johann Christoph Oley: Organ Works by Jan Van Mol
Johann Christoph Oley: Organ Works Jan Van Mol, organ Pavane ADW 7314 [60:00] The Thuringian organist tradition—that…
Offenbach: La Belle Hélène – Minkowski and Musiciens du Louvre
I’m afraid there’s been a rather notable muddle here—the materials provided concern Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène, not…
Chaliapin Boris Godunov – 1928 Covent Garden
Chaliapin’s Boris: A Voice from Beyond This isn’t just a historic release. It’s a séance. Guild Historical…
Mozart Figaro at the Met – 1943 Wartime Cast
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro** Metropolitan Opera, 1943 (Paul Breisach) Guild Historical 2203–5 [3 CDs] Here’s a…
Mozart Piano Sonatas Complete – Klára Würtz Falls Short
Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas Klára Würtz, piano Brilliant Classics (5 CDs) The problem with Mozart’s piano…