Thomas Fasano
Mancini Recorder Concertos – Baroque Naples Rediscovered
Francesco MANCINI (1672 – 1737) 12 Recorder Concertos Francesco Mancini (1672 – 1737) Corina Marti (recorder), Capella…
Bach Sons: Concertos and Symphonies Collection
Bach: Berlin Symphonies; Cello Concertos; Flute Concertos; Symphonies; Sinfonie concertanti Balázs Máté, cello; Machiko Takahashi, flute; Concerto…
Rachmaninov and Brahms – Van Cliburn in Moscow
CLIBURN Rachmaninov, Brahms (Van Cliburn in Moscow) Van Cliburn (piano), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Kiril Kondrashin RCA 09026626952 (76)…
Ruth Gipps: Chamber Works Spanning Seven Decades
Ruth GIPPS (1921-1999) Opalescence Sonata for cello and piano, op. 63 (1978) Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) Joseph Spooner…
Bach Saint Matthew Passion – Karajan Live 1950 Vienna
Bach: Saint Matthew Passion Walther Ludwig, tenor; Paul Schöffler, bass-baritone; Irmgard Seefried, soprano; Kathleen Ferrier, contralto; Walter…
Cui: 25 Preludes for Piano by Jeffrey Biegel
Cui: 25 Preludes for Piano, op. 64 Jeffrey Biegel, piano. Naxos 8.555557. Recorded 1993. Reissue, 67:00.—César Cui….
Elgar and Delius Violin Concertos – Sammons and Sargent
Elgar and Delius: Violin Concerto; Violin Concerto Albert Sammons, violin; New Queen’s Hall Orchestra; Henry Wood, conductor…
Bach Cello Suites – Friesen Lacks Spiritual Freedom
Bach: Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1009 John Friesen, cello Brilliant Classics (originally released on Sono Records). Recorded 1996,…
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra – Chailly Concertgebouw
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous Mandarin Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor. Decca 458 841–2. Format,…
Toscanini Beethoven Fifth with New York Philharmonic
Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor; Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo; Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice…
Vivaldi La Cetra Concertos – A New Recording
Vivaldi’s productivity was, depending on your tolerance for it, either a wonder of the Baroque world or…
Verdi: I Masnadieri – Opera in Context
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) – C MAJOR 722304 Robert J Farr Verdi was sick — genuinely, frighteningly sick…
Wolf: Christmas Cantatas – Willens
WOLF Auf, jauchzet ihr Christen – Christmas Cantatas Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735-1792) Beate Mordal (soprano), Georg Poplutz…
Verdi Macbeth – A Conductor and Singer Challenge
VERDI Macbeth – Opera in four Acts (1847, revised 1865) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Leo Nucci (baritone), Sylvie…
Vivaldi Piccolo Concertos by Beaumadier
VIVALDI Concertos pour piccolo et flûte Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) J.-L. Beaumadier and Philippe Pierlot (piccolo); Orchestre national…
Vivaldi Ripieno Concertos by Arte dei Suonatori
VIVALDI Concertos for Strings Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Arte dei Suonatori BIS BIS-CD-1845 (61:53) Vivaldi without a soloist…
Verdi: Alzira – Opera from the Galley Years
VERDI Alzira Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) C MAJOR 721504 Verdi called the years between 1844 and 1850 his…
Verdi Nabucco Live from Parma – A Mixed Account
VERDI Nabucco – Dramma lirico in quattro parti (1842) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Leo Nucci (baritone), Bruno Ribeiro…
Fanny Mendelssohn: Das Jahr – Bjørkøe
MENDELSSOHN Das Jahr: 12 Charakterstücke (1841) Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Christina Bjørkøe, piano DANACORD DACOCD957 (58:00) Every so…
Vierne Pièces de Fantaisie by Pierre Labric
Louis VIERNE Louis Vierne (1870-1937) William Kreindler SOLSTICE SOCD 290/1 Pierre Labric was 91 years old when…
Verdi: Oberto and the Hunger of Beginnings
VERDI Oberto Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) C MAJOR 720008 There is a peculiar romance to beginnings — to…
Victoria: Sacred Polyphony and Mystical Fire
VICTORIA Canticum Nativitatis Domini Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) L’Almodi Cor de Cambra; Capella de Ministrers/Carles Magraner…
Paray Piano Works Vol 2 – Krivokochenko and Reyes
PARAY Piano Works, Volume 2 Paul Paray (1886-1979) Katia Krivokochenko, piano; Eliane Reyes, piano Ciar Classics CC006…
Mozart, Martini and Sterkel Concertos – Kronenberg
KRONENBERG Mozart, Martini, Sterkel (Tudor) Yorck Kronenberg (fortepiano), Capriccio Barockorchester/Dominik Kiefer TUDOR 7211 (75:00) Somewhere in the…
