Thomas Fasano

Karita Mattila (soprano) & Martin Katz (piano) Ondine · ODE1100-5 · 76 minutes There’s something electric about hearing Mattila on home…

Barbara Hannigan (soprano/conductor)Ludwig Orchestra Alpha · ALPHA293 · 57 minutes Hannigan singing while conducting is the kind of feat that could…

Martha Argerich (piano), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani Avanti · AVA10662 · 50 minutes Argerich pairing with Lahav Shani feels like…

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petr Popelka Supraphon · SU43791 There’s something almost inevitable about a Czech orchestra tackling Ma…

Leonardo Capalbo (Candide), Jane Archibald (Cunegonde), Anne Sofie von Otter (Old Lady), Thomas Allen (Dr Pangloss/Narrator)London Symphony…

Steven Isserlis (cello), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Hyperion · CDA68444 · 76 minutes Boccherini gets stuck with a reputation…

ASKENASE Concerts in East Germany 1967-1968 (Meloclassic) Stefan Askenase, piano MELOCLASSIC MC1065 (153:00) There is a particular…

BAINES Pictures of Light (Honeybourne, Pullin) William Baines (1899-1922) Duncan Honeybourne (piano), Gordon Pullin (tenor) DIVINE ART…

ZWILICH Cello Concerto, Peanuts Gallery, Romance, Prologue and Variations Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939) Zuill Bailey (cello),…

SHAHAM Coleridge-Taylor, Dvořák, Stewart Violin Concertos (Canary Classics) Gil Shaham (violin), Virginia Symphony Orchestra/Eric Jacobsen Canary Classics…

Elgar from the Archives Volume 3: The Kingdom, Op. 51; Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Sir Edward Elgar…

Melodia Intima: Complete Works for Strings and Piano Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947) Mika Rännäli (piano), Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin),…

BRYMER Brahms, Weber, Schubert, Schumann, Hurlstone, Stanford (Nimbus) Jack Brymer (clarinet), David Lloyd (piano) Nimbus NI7121 (124)…

BRIAN Symphonies Nos. 22, 23, 24; English Suite No. 1 Havergal Brian (1876-1972) New Russia State Symphony…

Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Herbert Blomstedt BR Klassik · 900196 · 1 hour 42 minutes There’s something almost defiant about a…

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Decca · 4852254 · 79 minutes Grieg’s songs rarely get the star treatment his…

Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Harmonia Mundi · HMM90243738 · 2 hours 16 minutes Beethoven’s variation sets get treated as filler far too…

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi Sony · 19958444992 · 60 minutes There’s something almost mischievous about early Schubert, and No….

Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Isang Enders (cello), Wu Qian (piano), Sitkovetsky Trio BIS · BIS2219 · 60 minutes Ravel wrote his trio…

with Christian Zacharias (piano)Leipzig String Quartet MDG · MDG3071610 · 1 hour 45 minutes There’s something wonderfully generous about how Zacharias…

Maria João Pires (piano)London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner LSO Live · LSO0765 · 79 minutes Pires playing Schumann is…

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Robert Trevino Ondine · ODE14772 · 63 minutes Respighi wrote a lot of gorgeous postcards from…

Alfred Brendel (piano)Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras Philips · 4683672 · 67 minutes Pairing the 22nd and 27th concertos gives…

BRIAN Symphonies Nos. 22, 23, 24; English Suite No. 1 Havergal Brian (1876-1972) New Russia State Symphony…