Thomas Fasano
Capriccio: New Releases
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Chelsea Gallo Capriccio · C5555 · 70 minutes Johanna Senfter spent decades composing in near-total obscurity, and hearing her…
Sony: Recent Releases
Arcadi Volodos (piano) Sony · 19658879292 · 65 minutes Schubert’s so-called “Gasteiner” Sonata is a strange, sun-drenched beast — written at…
Naxos: Recent Releases
Susan Platts, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Joann Falletta Naxos · 8574735 · 79 minutes Stravinsky’s so-called “fairy tale” works occupy this wonderfully…
Mozart: String Quartets
Hagen Quartet Myrios · MYR017 · 59 minutes The Hagen Quartet plays these two Haydn-dedicated masterpieces with a warmth and flexibility…
Bach: Goldberg Variations
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) Deutsche Grammophon · 4864553 · 73 minutes Víkingur Ólafsson takes the Goldberg Variations at a pace that genuinely…
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon · 4745372 · 84 minutes Mahler’s Ninth has this way of feeling like…
Henri Dutilleux: Cello Solos
Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (piano)Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, James Gaffigan Harmonia Mundi · HMC902209 · 47 minutes Dutilleux’s cello concerto Tout un…
Prokofiev: Flute Sonatas
Brandon Patrick George (flute), Steven Beck (piano), Jacob Greenberg (piano) Profil Medien · PH18039 · 66 minutes Brandon Patrick George opens…
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Clifford Curzon (piano)English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Decca · 4767092 · 65 minutes Few composers understood the shadow side of major…
Kevin Bowyer: Organ Solos
Kevin Bowyer (organ) Priory · PRCD1193 · 79 minutes Somewhere between a historical rescue mission and a pure listening pleasure, Green…
Igor Stravinsky
Vilde Frang (violin), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Pekka Kuusisto Warner Classics · 9029667740 · 65 minutes Beethoven’s violin concerto lives or dies…
Claude Debussy
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) Deutsche Grammophon · 4837701 · 78 minutes Víkingur Ólafsson has a gift for finding the thread that connects…
Mozart: Opera Recordings
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon Erato · 2564601625 · 72 minutes Mozart wrote some of his most dazzling concert arias for…
Beethoven: Symphonies
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber Deutsche Grammophon · 4474002 · 71 minutes Few conductors have ever made Beethoven’s Fifth feel genuinely…
Murray Perahia: Gramophone Awards
Murray Perahia & Radu Lupu (piano) Sony · 88697858112 · 59 minutes There’s something almost miraculous about the way Perahia and…
Xenia Löffler
Isabelle Faust (violin), Bernhard Forck, (violin), Xenia Loeffler (oboe)Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Harmonia Mundi · HMM90233536 · 2 hours 23…
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Sony · 19075854652 · 2 hours 13 minutes Bach’s cello suites have this uncanny ability to feel both…
Emerson String Quartet
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)Emerson String Quartet Alpha · ALPHA1000 · 72 minutes Barbara Hannigan and the Emerson String Quartet…
Harmonia Mundi New Releases
Timothy Ridout (viola), Jonathan Ware (piano) Harmonia Mundi · HMM902787 · 63 minutes The viola lives in a register that sits…
Mahler Symphonies by Bychkov and Czech Philharmonic
Symphonies Nos 1-9 Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov Pentatone PTC5187490 Semyon Bychkov has spent the…
Shostakovich Suite for Variety Orchestra – A Misnamed Masterwork
Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra No 1 (Spivakov Sound) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) National Philharmonic of Russia /…
Liszt Dante Sonata and Works by Abduraimov
InfernoBehzod Abduraimov (piano)rec. 2025, Teldex Studio, Berlin, GermanyAlpha Classics 1219 [66] Behzod Abduraimov is not a name…
Erato New Releases
Christina Pluhar, l’Arpeggiata Erato · 2685430249 · 74 minutes Christina Pluhar has always had a gift for building a world rather…
Johan Dalene
Johan Dalene (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds BIS · BIS2620 · 73 minutes Few pairings make as much sense…
