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Articles by Fanfare Contributor Michael Fine

  AIKMAN: Piano Quintet... (Suzuki and Friends. Ronen CEns. Hidetaro Suzuki)

  HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Symphonies (Helsingborg SO)

  AMERICAN TONE POEMS (Karl Krueger)

  HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation... (Jascha Horenstein)

  AMERICANA (Maurice Abravanel)

  HELPS; IRELAND, JOHN (Robert Helps)

  Arias By LORTZING, WEBER, WAGNER, R. STRAUSS (Thomas Quasthoff)

  HOLST, GUSTAV: Toccata... (Fiona and John York)

  BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Ich habe genug, Mein Herz, BWV... (Lorraine Hunt Lieberson)

  HOVHANESS, ALAN: Symphonies (Gerard Schwarz)

  BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: St. Matthew Passion (Karajan)

  HOVHANESS, ALAN: Symphonies (Gerard Schwarz)

  BARBER, SAMUEL: Piano Concerto. Medea's Meditation... (Marin Alsop)

  INVOCATIONS: CONTEMPORARY VIOLA WORKS (Silverthome)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (Alfred Brendel)

  LE BELLE IMMAGINI (Kožená)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (André Watts)

  LISZT; SCHUMANN; WEBER, CARL MARIA VON (Claudio Arrau)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (Artur Pizarro)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony 7 (Claudio Abbado)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (Frank Braley)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 1 in D (Royal Concertgebouw O)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (Mari Kodama)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 1 in D (including... (Israel PO)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (Sergei Edelmann)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 7 (Claudio Abbado)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (Stephen Kovacevich)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV; SCHUMANN; BRITTEN (Ann Murray)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Quartet in F, op. 59/1,... (Lindsay Str Qrt)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV; STRAUSS, RICHARD; BRUCKNER, ANTON (Dimitri Mitropoulos)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Quartet No. 7 in F (Vienna Qrt)

  MCKAY, GEORGE FREDERICK: Caricature Dance Suite. From My... (William Bolcom)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Quartet No. 7 in F, op.... (Vienna Qrt)

  MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 (“Italian“).... (Slovak PO)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Quartets (Borodin Str Qrt)

  MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Violin Concerto... (Yehudi Menuhin)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Quartets (Borodin Str Qrt)

  MENDELSSOHN, FELIX; RIHM, WOLFGANG (Riccardo Chailly)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Quartets (Borodin Str Qrt)

  MOLTER, JOHANN MELCHIOR; STAMITZ; VIVALDI, ANTONIO (Michel Arrignon)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Quartets (Leipzig Str Qrt)

  MOZART: Arias (Kožená)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Quartets (Prazák Qrt)

  MOZART: Clarinet Concerto, K 622. Clarinet... (Martin Frost)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Quartets, “Razumovsky“ (Colorado Str Qrt)

  MOZART: Clarinet Concerto, K 622. Clarinet... (Nicholas Cox)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Trios, op. 9 (Kandinsky Str Tr)

  MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Adagio... (Andrew Manze)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Jascha Horenstein)

  MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Carlo Maria Giulini)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Paul Kletzki)

  MOZART: Requiem (Thielemann)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Paul Kletzki)

  MOZART: Symphonies (Josef Krips)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Riccardo Muti)

  MOZART; BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (Myra Hess)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Thomas Fey)

  MOZART; BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; WAGNER, RICHARD (John Barbirolli)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies... (Paul Kletzki)

  MOZART; SCHUBERT; CHERUBINI, LUIGI (Sergiu Celibidache)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 9 (Jascha Horenstein)

  MUSSORGSKY; MOZART; FALLA, MANUEL DE... (Carlo Maria Giulini)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: The 9 Symphonies (Claudio Abbado)

  MUSSORGSKY; MUSSORGSKY; SAINT-SAËNS (Ondrej Lenárd)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: The 9 Symphonies (Claudio Abbado)

  MUSSORGSKY; RAVEL (Cécile Ousset)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: The 9 Symphonies (Daniel Barenboim)

  NYTCH; BROUWER, MARGARET; BARKER NELSON, MARIE... (Richard Stoltzman)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: The 9 Symphonies (Jochum)

  O'CONNOR, MARK: The American Seasons... (Mark O’Connor)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: The 9 Symphonies. Overtures (Roger Norrington)

  PLETNEV LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL (Mikhail Pletnev)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Triple Concerto, op. 56. Choral... (Daniel Barenboim)

  PRICE, FLORENCE B.: The Oak. Mississippi River Suite... (Apo Hsu)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Variations (Cédric Tiberghien)

  RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2. Rhapsody... (Werner Haas)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; BRAHMS, JOHANNES (Klaus Tennstedt)

  RACHMANINOFF: Sonata No. 2. Solo piano works (Trpčeski)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; BRAHMS, JOHANNES (Simon Rattle)

  RACHMANINOFF; STRAVINSKY, IGOR (Benno Moiseiwitsch)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; BRAHMS, JOHANNES; SCHUBERT... (Arthur Rubinstein)

  RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé (Myung-Whun Chung)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH (Jascha Horenstein)

  RAVEL; FAURÉ, GABRIEL; DEBUSSY (Auryn Qrt)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; MENDELSSOHN, FELIX; WALTON, WILLIAM... (Arthur Rubinstein)

  RENDLEMAN; LOCH (Gerhardt Zimmermann)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; MOZART (Hess)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade. Capriccio espagnol (Vladimír Válek)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; TCHAIKOVSKY (Pinchas Zukerman)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; BORODIN; TCHAIKOVSKY/STOKOWSKI... (Leopold Stokowski)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; WALTON, WILLIAM (Candida Thompson)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; RODRIGO (Bystrìk Režucha)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; WALTON, WILLIAM (Thompson)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; SIBELIUS; TCHAIKOVSKY (Vakhtang Jordania)

  BENJAMIN, ARTHUR; BRITTEN; BRUCH, MAX (Benjamin Schmid)

  ROCHBERG, GEORGE: Black Sounds. Cantío sacra. Phaedra (Gil Rose)

  BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (Orchestre Natl de France)

  ROMANTIC FOUR-HANDS (Philippe Corre)

  BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14.... (Royal Philharmonie O)

  ROREM: Symphonies (José Serebrier)

  BERNSTEIN LIVE (Leonard Bernstein)

  ROSSINI: Overtures (Constantine Orbelian)

  BERNSTEIN, LEONARD: Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish“; Chichester... (Leonard Slatkin)

  ROTT, HANS: Symphony No. 1 in E. Prelude for... (Sebastian Weigle)

  BOCCHERINI, LUIGI: Guitar Quintets (Pepe Romero)

  RUSSIAN NIGHTS (Erich Kunzel)

  BOCCHERINI, LUIGI: Guitar Quintets (Pepe Romero)

  SARASATE; CHAUSSON; SAINT-SAËNS... (Itzhak Perlman)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Clarinet Sonatas (Martin Frost)

  SATIE; DEBUSSY; RAVEL... (Branford Marsalis)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES: German Requiem (Simon Rattle)

  SCHEHERAZADE—AN ORIENTAL NIGHT WITH THE BERLIN (Neeme Järvi)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Piano Quartets (Beaux Arts Tr)

  SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD; MOZART; MAHLER, GUSTAV (Virko Baley)

  BRIGGS, D.; CAMPINELLI; BROTONS, SALVADOR... (Roger Briggs)

  SCHUBERT; CHERUBINI, LUIGI; CORNELIUS (Adrian Boult)

  BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols. A Shepherd's... (Harry Christophers)

  SCHUBERT; CHERUBINI, LUIGI; CORNELIUS (Adrian Boult)

  BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bernard Haitink)

  SCHUBERT; HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH (Nona Liddell)

  BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Harry Bicket)

  SCHUBERT; MENDELSSOHN, FELIX; TCHAIKOVSKY (Sir Thomas Beecham)

  BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Colin Davis)

  SCHUMAN, WILLIAM: Credendum. Piano Concerto. Symphony... (David Alan Miller)

  BRITTEN: Phaedra, op. 93. Lachrymae, op.... (Lionel Friend)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto. Concert Allegro... (Christian Zacharias)

  BRITTEN: Piano Concerto... (Benjamin Britten)

  SCHUMANN: Symphonies (Eliahu Inbal)

  BRITTEN: Simple Symphony, op. 4. Les illuminations,... (Roman Kofman)

  SCHUMANN: Symphonies (Roger Norrington)

  BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank... (Ross Pople)

  SCHUMANN: Symphonies (Roger Norrington)

  BRITTEN; MILHAUD; FINZI... (Joshua Pierce)

  SEASCAPES (Lan Shui)

  BROUWER, MARGARET: Aurolucent Circles. Mandala. Pulse.... (Gerard Schwarz)

  SHOSTAKOVICH; BORODIN; RAVEL (Borodin Str Qrt)

  CHERUBINI, LUIGI; BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; STRAUSS, RICHARD... (Pierre Monteux)

  SHULMAN: Theme and Variations for Viola... (Frank Black)

  CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC; LISZT; SCHUMANN (Hélène Grimaud)

  SKALKOTTAS: 16 Melodies. 15 Little Variations... (Nikolaos Samaltanos)

  CLIFFORD; CORIGLIANO, JOHN (Sidney Harth)

  SPECK, FREDERICK; STEWART, FRANK GRAHAM; BEERMAN, BURTON... (Richard Stoltzman)

  COPLAND, AARON: Music for the Theatre. 2 Ballads.... (Steven Richman)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30.... (Chicago SO)

  COPLAND, AARON; BERNSTEIN, LEONARD; GOULD, MORTON... (Sharon Kam)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30.... (Felicity Lott)

  CORIGLIANO, JOHN; SCHWANTNER; FOSS (Sharon Isbin)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Also sprach Zarathustra. Burleske (John Fiore)

  DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande (Albert Wolff)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: An Alpine Symphony, op. 64 (Franz Welser-Möst)

  DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande (Claudio Abbado)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Arabella (Christian Thielemann)

  DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande (Georges Truc)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Der Rosenkavalier (Carlos Kleiber)

  DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande (Gustave Cloez)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40. Four Last... (Edwin Paling)

  DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande (Piero Coppola)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Orchestral Works... (Rudolf Kempe)

  DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande (Roger Désormière)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD; HOLST, GUSTAV (William Steinberg)

  DEBUSSY: Prelude à i'après midi d'un faune... (Boston S C Players)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD; HONEGGER, ARTHUR (Jesus López-Cobos)

  DEBUSSY; MAHLER, GUSTAV (Claudio Abbado)

  STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Le sacre du printemps (Fazil Say)

  DEBUSSY; RAVEL (Qrtto Italiano)

  STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Petrouchka (1911). Le Chant du... (Montreal SO)

  DEBUSSY; RAVEL; MILHAUD (Qrtto Italiano)

  STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Firebird... (Josep Pons)

  DEBUSSY; RAVEL; MILHAUD (Qrtto Italiano)

  STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Firebird... (Lorin Maazel)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"... (Libor Pešek)

  STRAVINSKY, IGOR; WAGNER, RICHARD; KARABITS, IVAN... (Virko Baley)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN; FRANCK, CÉSAR; HINDEMITH, PAUL... (Sergiu Celibidache)

  STRONG: Ondine. From a Notebook of Sketches (Adriano)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN; JANÁČEK, LEOŠ (Jascha Horenstein)

  STUCKY; GOULD, GABRIEL IAN; HARBISON, JOHN... (David Alan Miller)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN; SMETANA (Prague Piano Duo)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1... (Sviatoslav Richter)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN; SUK (Suk C O)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphonies 1-6; Eugene Onegin... (Herbert von Karajan)

  ECKERBERG: Concertos for Piano and Orchestra (Hans Pålsson)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1, "Winter Dreams"... (Vladimir Fedoseyev)

  ELSNER: Symphony in C... (Bogusław Dawidow)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op.... (London SO)

  ERICH LEINSDORF IN REHEARSAL (Erich Leinsdorf)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5. 1812 Overture (Seiji Ozawa)

  FIBICH: Toman and the Woodsprite. Othello.... (Douglas Bostock)

  TCHAIKOVSKY; DEBUSSY (Michael Tilson Thomas)

  FRY, WILLIAM HENRY: Santa Claus, A Christmas Symphony.... (Tony Rowe)

  THE ELEGANT VIOLIST (Yizhak Schotten)

  GERMAN OVERTURES (Christian Thielemann)

  THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS (BBC Ch)

  GERMAN ROMANTIC ARIAS (Thomas Quasthoff)

  THE MASTERPLAYERS (soloists)

  GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue. Concerto in F.... (Michel Camilo)

  THE MICHAEL GIELEN EDITION (Michael Gielen)

  GLENN GOULD—THE ALCHEMIST A Film by Bruno Monsaingeon (François-Louis Ribadeau)

  THE NEW YEAR'S CONCERT, VIENNA 1987 (Herbert von Karajan)

  GREAT CONDUCTORS OF THE 20TH CENTURY ANDRÉ CLUYTENS (André Cluytens)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphonies 8, 9 (Bernard Haitink)

  GREAT CONDUCTORS OF THE 20th CENTURY: CARL SCHURICHT (Schuricht)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Simon Boccanegra (Claudio Abbado)

  GRIEG, EDVARD: Cello Concerto (after Cello Sonata,... (Raphael Wallfisch)

  WOLF, HUGO: Lieder (Ian Bostridge)

  GRIEG, EDVARD: Peer Gynt (play and incidental... (Ole Kristian Ruud)

  A Bassoon for All Seasons

  GRIEG, EDVARD; SCHUMANN (Stephen Kovacevich)

  An Interview with Elmar Oliveira

  HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Italian Cantatas (Dessay)

  An Interview with Jesús López-Cobos

 

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