Thomas Fasano
Mozart Piano Sonatas – Brendel at Seventy
Mozart Piano Sonatas Alfred Brendel Philips 468 048–2 [74:36] There’s something quietly momentous about hearing a great…
Mozart Songs and Arias by Schwarzkopf
Mozart Lieder and Concert Arias Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Walter Gieseking, piano; Alfred Brendel, piano; London Symphony Orchestra/George…
Barry Mills Chamber Music from Brighton
A Postman’s Pastoral: Barry Mills’s Unassuming Mastery Here’s something you don’t encounter every day—a Brighton postal worker…
Messiaen Turangalila and Roussel – Ozawa Toronto
# Messiaen and Roussel: A Bargain Bonanza with Caveats RCA has done something both generous and slightly…
Mendelssohn Piano Concertos – Thibaudet and Blomstedt
Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Variations sérieuses; Rondo capriccioso Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Herbert…
Mayr Mass in C Minor – Hauk Conducts
Sacred Music in the Opera House: Mayr’s Mass and Mozart Motets Guild GMCD 7231 (DDD, 65:48) Johann…
Matthus: Das Land Phantásien – Orchestral Fantasy
Matthus’s Fantasy World Deserves a Wider Audience Siegfried Matthus—one suspects he gets tired of explaining he wasn’t…
Matthus: Expressionist Orchestral Works from East Berlin
Matthus from Berlin: Expressionist Urgency in Orchestral Dress The German Democratic Republic produced its share of competent…
Massenet Werther – Tagliavini and Tassinari in Italian Style
Massenet’s Werther in Italianate Splendor Ferruccio Tagliavini (Werther), Pia Tassinari (Charlotte), Marcello Cortis (Albert), Vittoria Neviani (Sophie);…
Martinu Symphonies by Ukrainian National Orchestra
# Serviceable Martinu from Ukraine The Martinu symphonies arrived late—the First not until 1942, when the composer…