Thomas Fasano
Genovese Oboe Recital – Boston Symphony Principal
**Genovese: Oboe Recital** Alfred Genovese, oboe; Peter Serkin, piano; Robert Spano, piano; Burton Fine, viola; Harold Wright,…
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…
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…
Vaughan Williams and Gurney: Shropshire Lad Song Cycles
A Shropshire Gathering: Vaughan Williams and Gurney in Hyperion’s Thoughtful Pairing This Hyperion release addresses—though not entirely…
Bach Organ Works by Jonathan Biggers
Johann Sebastian Bach: On The Fritts! Organ Works: “Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C-Minor” BWV 564, Partita…
Bach Christmas Oratorio – Beringer and Münchener Bachsolisten
J.S. Bach. Christmas Oratorio. Juliane Banse (soprano), Cornelia Kallisch (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Robert Swensen (tenor), Thomas…
Wagner Tristan und Isolde – de Sabata La Scala
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde** Grob-Prandl, Lorenz, Cavelti, Bjorling, Nilsson; La Scala Orchestra and Chorus/de Sabata Archipel ARPCD…
Villa-Lobos: Forest of the Amazon – Fleming
Villa-Lobos: Forest of the Amazon** Renée Fleming, soprano; Chorus of the Moscow Physics and Engineering Institute; Moscow…
Casadesus Violin Works by Gearhart and Owings
Casadesus: Violin Sonata no. 1; Violin Sonata no. 2; Suite for Two Violins; Hommage à Chausson Fritz…
Moiseiwitsch Rachmaninov Concertos – Rediscovering a Master
# Moiseiwitsch’s Rachmaninov: A Reproach to Forgetfulness It’s extraordinary now to think of a time when a…
Mengelberg Strauss – Wartime Concertgebouw Recordings
Mengelberg’s Strauss: The Autocrat at Full Throttle These recordings—Ein Heldenleben from 1941, Tod und Verklärung from the…
Rossini Guillaume Tell – Taddei and Rossi 1951
ROSSINI: Guglielmo Tell** Giuseppe Taddei (Guglielmo Tell), Rosanna Carteri (Matilde), Mario Filippeschi (Arnoldo), Giorgio Tozzi (Gualtiero), Plinio…
Baroque Arias for Soprano and Trumpet
Arias for Soprano, Trumpet and Organ. / Pater Damian Stachowicz (1658–1699), “Veni, veni Consolator”; Alessandro Melani (1639–1703),…
Bach Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 – Rilling
Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Arleen Auger (soprano), Julia Hamari (contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Wolfgang…
Dvořák Violin Works – Zhou and Battersby
Dvořák: Music for Violin and Piano, Volume 2 Qian Zhou, violin; Edmund Battersby, piano Naxos 8.554730 [54:58]…
Bach Music for Oboe and Harpsichord – Hennessy Parle
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Music for Oboe and Harpsichord Gail Hennessy, oboe Nicholas Parle, harpsichord Recorded December…
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),…
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…
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….
Wagner Tristan und Isolde – Flagstad and Melchior
WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde** Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Sabine Kalter (Brangäne), Herbert Janssen (Kurwenal), Emmanuel…
Michell Plays 15 Commissioned Works for Menuhin Tribute
**MICHELL** · Song of the Angel and Other Works Edna Michell, violin; Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra /…
Bach Well-Tempered Clavier Books I II – Dantone
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I BWV 846–869 [123:49] Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II BWV 870–893…
Smetana Bartered Bride – Historic 1933 Prague Recording
Smetana: The Bartered Bride** Otakar Oštrcil conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the National Opera Company of…
Vivaldi and Bach Violin Concertos by Zukerman
Pinchas Zukerman, English Chamber Ensemble Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in C major, RV 187; Violin Concerto in…
