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Articles by Fanfare Contributor Christopher Williams

  ILAIYARAAJA: Ninaive Oru Sangeetham. Andha Oru Nimidam. Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu.

  MONTEVERDI: L’Orfeo (Jeannette Sorrell)

  S . D. BURMAN: Kala Bazar. JAIDEV: Hum Dono.

  MOZART: Betulia liberata (Christoph Poppen)

  S . D. BURMAN: Pyaasa. KUMAR: Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam.

  MOZART: Così fan tutte. Don Giovanni (Nikolaus Harnoncourt)

  SHANKAR JAIKISHAN: Jis Desh men Ganga Behti Jai. Teesri Kasam.

  MOZART: Die Zauberflöte (James Levine)

  YUVAN SHANKAR RAJA: Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu. DEVA: Cleopatra.

  MOZART: Idomeneo (John Pritchard)

  ALTBACHISCHES ARCHIV (Junghänel)

  MOZART: La finta giardiniera (Ivor Bolton)

  ATTAINGNANT; ANONYMOUS; SERMISY, CLAUDIN DE... (Hopkinson Smith)

  MOZART: La finta giardiniera (Nikolaus Harnoncourt)

  BADINGS: Symphonies (Porcelijn)

  MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Nikolaus Harnoncourt)

  BARTÓK: Piano Concertos (Pierre Boulez)

  MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Sylvain Cambreling)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concertos (Goode)

  MOZART: Le nozze di Fígaro (Jacobs)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Trios (Florestan Tr)

  MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov (1869) (Sebastian Weigle)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Trios, op. 70. Allegretto... (Florestan Tr)

  MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov (Gergiev)

  BERG, ALBAN: Violin Concerto. Lyric Suite (Eri Klas)

  MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov (Herbert von Karajan)

  BERG, ALBAN: Violin Concerto... (Louis Krasner)

  NAUMANN: La passione di Gesu Christo (Sergio Balestracci)

  BERKELEY, MICHAEL: Jane Eyre (Michael Rafferty)

  NEW YEAR’S CONCERT 1991 (Claudio Abbado)

  BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini (Norrington)

  NEW YEAR’S CONCERT 2009 (Daniel Barenboim)

  BORTKIEWICZ: Symphony No. 1 in D, op. 52, “From... (Martyn Brabbins)

  NOVÁK, VÍTĚZSLAV: In the Tatras, op. 26... (Douglas Bostock)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES: German Requiem (André Previn)

  NØRGÅRD: Frostsalme. Other choral works (Parkman)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Lieder (Fink)

  ODEKHIREN AMAIZE SINGS BEETHOVEN, LOEWE, SHOSTAKOVICH,... (Odekhiren Amaize)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Lieder... (Bernarda Fink)

  OFFENBACH: Pariser Leben (Rudolf Bibl)

  BROUWER, LEO; ALBENIZ/BROUWER; LENNON/MCCARTNEY/BROUWER (Tuomas Ollila)

  ORNSTEIN, LEO: Suicide in an Airplane. A la Chinoise,... (Marc-André Hamelin)

  BRUCE FORD VIENNESE OPERETTA (Bruce Ford)

  ORNSTEIN, LEO: Suicide in an Airplane. Wild Men's... (Janice Weber)

  BRUCH, MAX: Das Lied von der Glocke (Jac van Steen)

  PEROSI, LORENZO: Il natale del redentore... (Arturo Sacchetti)

  BUSNOIS; DOMARTO; PULLOIS (Kirkman)

  PRAETORIUS, MICHAEL: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland. In... (Manfred Cordes)

  CABALLÉ: BEYOND MUSIC (Montserrat Caballé)

  PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Love for Three Oranges (Valery Gergiev)

  CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Polish Songs, op. 74; Variations... (Ewa Podles)

  PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Story of a Real Man, op.117 (Mark Ermler)

  CRAMER, JOHANN BAPTISTE: Piano Concertos (Howard Shelley)

  PÄRT: Tabula rasa... (Leslie Hatfield)

  CRUSELL: Clarinet Concertos (Dorrit Matson)

  RAIMONDO: Il giudizio universale (Arturo Sacchetti)

  CZECH CHRISTMAS (Eva Urbanová)

  RAUTAVAARA: 3 Sonnets of Shakespeare. Sonnets... (Gabriel Suovanen)

  DEKOVEN: Robin Hood (J. Lynn Thompson)

  RAWSTHORNE: Symphonic Studies. Oboe Concerto.... (David Lloyd-Jones)

  DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY OLD RUSSIAN ROMANCES (Dmitri Hvorostovsky)

  REGER, MAX; SCHUMANN; WEBER, CARL MARIA VON... (Herbert Blomstedt)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Slavonic Dances (Rafael Kubelik)

  REZNICEK, EMIL NIKOLAUS VON: Donna Diana (Ulrich Windfuhr)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN; BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; PROKOFIEV, SERGEI (Rudolf Kempe)

  RODRIGO: Canco del gru met. Pastoreita santo.... (Isabel Monar)

  EBEN: Hommage à Henry Purcell. 10 Chorale... (Halgeir Schiager)

  ROMBERG, ANDREAS JAKOB: Der Messias (Hermann Max)

  FRIML: The Vagabond King (Steven Byess)

  ROMBERG, SIGMUND: Maytime (Steven Byess)

  GESUALDO, ET ALIA: Madrigals (Rinaldo Alessandrini)

  SCARLATTI, ALESSANDRO: Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme (Estavan Velardi)

  GLAZUNOV: Overtures on Greek Themes... (Yevgeny Svetlanov)

  SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Die Jakobsleiter; Friede auf Erden (Nagano)

  GLAZUNOV: Raymonda (complete ballet)... (Yevgeny Svetlanov)

  SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Gurrelieder... (János Ferencsik)

  GLINKA: Kamarinskaya. Capriccio brillante... (Yevgeny Svetlanov)

  SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD; BERG, ALBAN; WEBERN (Uchida)

  GOETZ, HERMANN: The Taming of the Shrew (Joseph Keilberth)

  SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD; SIBELIUS (Hahn)

  GOMBERT, NICOLAS: Magnificats (Peter Phillips)

  SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD; WEBERN; BERG, ALBAN (Mitsuko Uchida)

  HAAS, PAVEL; JANÁČEK, LEOŠ (Pavel Haas Qrt)

  SCHREKER, FRANZ: Gesänge, op. 2... (Noëmi Nadelmann)

  HALEVY: La Juive (Simone Young)

  SCHUBERT: Alfonso und Estrella (Gérard Korsten)

  HALEVY: La juive (Vjekoslav Šutej)

  SCHUMANN: Dichterliebe, op. 48... (Wolfgang Holzmair)

  HALEVY: La Juive (Šutej)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Alexander Anissimov)

  HAYDN, JOHANN MICHAEL; MOZART; PLAINCHANT (James Litton)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Mariss Jansons)

  HERBERT, VICTOR: Naughty Marietta (Steven Byess)

  SHOSTAKOVICH; RACHMANINOFF; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (Gennady Rozhdestvensky)

  HERBERT, VICTOR: The Red Mill (J. Lynn Thompson)

  SONG OF SONGS (Stile antico)

  HINDEMITH, PAUL: Die Harmonie der Welt (Janowski)

  STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Das Spitzentuch der Königin (Ernst Theis)

  HINDEMITH, PAUL: Die Harmonie der Welt (Marek Janowski)

  STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Der Zigeunerbaron (Armin Jordan)

  HONEGGER, ARTHUR: King David (Donald Pearson)

  STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Der Zigeunerbaron (Rudolf Bibl)

  HUMPERDINCK: Hansel und Gretel (Markus Frank)

  STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Die Fledermaus (Carlos Kleiber)

  IM CHAMBRE SÉPARÉE: THE OPERETTA ALBUM (Barbara Bonney)

  STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Die Fledermaus (Ferenc Fricsay)

  IVES, CHARLES: Selected Songs (Finley)

  STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Die Fledermaus (Karl Böhm)

  JANÁČEK, LEOŠ: Sinfonietta. Violin Concerto. Cunning... (Václav Neumann)

  STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Die Fledermaus (Rudolf Bibl)

  JANÁČEK, LEOŠ: The Excursions of Mr. Brouček (Bělohlávek)

  STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Eine Nacht in Venedig (Rudolf Bibl)

  KERN: The Cabaret Girl (Michael Borowitz)

  STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Jabuka... (Christian Pollack)

  KIENZL: Don Quixote, op. 50 (Gustav Kühn)

  STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Simplicius (Franz Welser-Möst)

  KINKEL: 32 Songs (Ingrid Schmithüsen)

  STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Simplicius (Franz Welser-Möst)

  KLENGEL: Cello Concertos... (Bjarte Engeset)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Der Rosenkavalier (Bernard Haitink)

  KÁLMÁN, EMMERICH: Der Zigeunerprimas (Claus Peter Flor)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Salome (Georg Solti)

  KÁLMÁN, EMMERICH: Der Zigeunerprimas (in English) (J. Lynn Thompson)

  TANEYEV, S. I.: Piano Quintet. Piano Trio (Repin)

  KÁLMÁN, EMMERICH: Die Csárdásfürstin (Rudolf Bibl)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 (arr. Taneyev).... (Anthony Goldstone)

  KÁLMÁN, EMMERICH: Gräfin Mariza (Rudolf Bibl)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Oprichnik (Gennady Rozhdestvensky)

  KÁLMÁN, EMMERICH: I was born in the autumn. Wherever... (Anna Korondi)

  TCHAIKOVSKY; VERSTOVSKY; TCHAIKOVSKY... (Samuil Samosud)

  KÁLMÁN, EMMERICH: The Gypsy Princess (Willy Mattes)

  THE BEST OF THE RENAISSANCE (Peter Phillips)

  KÁLMÁN, EMMERICH; LEHÁR (Marilyn Hill Smith)

  THE MUSICIANS OF THE NORTH AT THE TIME OF THE... (Stephan van Dijk)

  LANG, DAVID: The Little Match Girl Passion.... (Hillier)

  THOMAS, AMBROISE: Hamlet (Bertrand de Billy)

  LEHÁR: Das Land des Lächelns (Rudolf Bibl)

  THOMAS, AMBROISE: Hamlet (Billy)

  LEHÁR: Das Land des Lächelns (Schirmer)

  TVEITT: 100 Hardanger Tunes, op.151. Suites (Bjarte Engeset)

  LEHÁR: Das Land des Lächelns (Ulf Schirmer)

  TVEITT: Piano Concerto No. 4, op.130, “Aurora... (Håvard Gimse)

  LEHÁR: Der Graf von Luxemburg (Alfred Eschwé)

  VAET; CLEMENS NON PAPA (Cinquecento)

  LEHÁR: Der Graf von Luxemburg (Eschwé)

  VALEN: Pastorale. Sonetto di Michelangelo.... (Eggen)

  LEHÁR: Der Graf von Luxemburg (Rudolf Bibl)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Aida (James Levine)

  LEHÁR: Der Graf von Luxemburg (Rudolf Bibl)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Il Trovatore (James Levine)

  LEHÁR: Der Rastelbinder (Hans Graf)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La forza del destino (Francesco Molinari-Pradelli)

  LEHÁR: Der Zarewitsch (Willy Mattes)

  VILLA-LOBOS, HEITOR: Symphonies (Carl St. Clair)

  LEHÁR: Die lustige Witwe (Franz Welser-Möst)

  VILLA-LOBOS, HEITOR: Symphonies No. 4, "Victory"; No.... (Carl St. Claire)

  LEHÁR: Die lustige Witwe (Manfred Honeck)

  VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Bajazet (Biondi)

  LEHÁR: Die lustige Witwe (Rudolf Bibl)

  VIVALDI/LETTERMANN; LETTERMANN (Quintessence Sax Qnt)

  LEHÁR: Eva (Wolfgang Bozic)

  VOGEL, WLADIMIR: Thyl Claes (Luca Pfaff)

  LEHÁR: Giuditta (Rudolf Bibl)

  VOŘÍŠEK, JAN VÁCLAV: Symphony in D. Mass in B♭ (Paul Freeman)

  LEHÁR: Merry Widow (Michail Jurowski)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Pierre Boulez)

  LEHÁR: Schön ist die Welt (Ulf Schirmer)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Der Ring des Nibelungen. Das Rheingold (Pierre Boulez)

  LEHÁR: The Land of Smiles (Willi Boskovsky)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Die Götterdämmerung (Pierre Boulez)

  LEHÁR: The Merry Widow (Willy Mattes)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Die Walküre (James Levine)

  LEHÁR: Zigeunerfest... (Michail Jurowski)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Die Walküre (Pierre Boulez)

  LEHÁR: Zigeunerliebe (Frank Beermann)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Parsifal (Thielemann)

  LEHÁR; STRAUSS II, JOHANN (Franz Welser-Möst)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Siegfried (Pierre Boulez)

  LEONCAVALLO, RUGGERO; MASCAGNI, PIETRO (Georges Prêtre)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Tristan und Isolde (Thielemann)

  LIGETI, GYORGY: Lontano. Atmosphères. Apparitions.... (Lott)

  WAGNER, SIEGFRIED: Der Heidenkönig (Hiroshi Kodama)

  LORTZING: Zar und Zimmermann (Charles Mackerras)

  WAGNER, SIEGFRIED: Der Kobold (Frank Strobel)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Rückert Lieder. Lieder eines fahrenden... (Marilyn Horne)

  WAGNER, SIEGFRIED: Sonnenflammen (Roger Epple)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Songs of a Wayfarer. 5 Rückert... (Konrad Jarnot)

  WEINBERG, MIECZYSLAW: Symphony No. 5. Sinfonietta No.... (Chmura)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony 6 (Claudio Abbado)

  WELLESZ: Die Bakchantinnen (Gerd Albrecht)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2. Symphony No. 10 (Yoel Levi)

  WELLESZ: Symphonies (Gottfried Rabl)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 3 (Claudio Abbado)

  WELLESZ: Symphonies (Rabl)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4 (Fischer)

  WETZ: Symphony No. 3 in Bi?, op.48 (Erich Peter)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 6 (Tilson Thomas)

  WETZ: Symphony No. 3. Gesang des Lebens (Werner Andreas Albert)

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

  WETZ: Violin Concerto in b. Traumsommernacht.... (Werner Andreas Albert)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 9 (Claudio Abbado)

  WHITACRE, ERIC: Cloudburst. Choral works (Layton)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 9 (Claudio Abbado)

  WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER: AN ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE (Furtwängler)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV; WAGNER, RICHARD; BRAHMS, JOHANNES (Stephanie Blythe)

  ZELLER: Der Vogelhändler (Rudolf Bibl)

  MARTINŮ: String Quartets (Martinů Qrt)

  ZELLER: The Birdseller (Nathaniel Motta)

  MARTINŮ: Suite concertante, Version 2; Violin... (Bohuslav Matoušek)

  ZEMLINSKY: Der Traumgorge (Conlon)

  MARTINŮ: Symphonies (Arthur Fagen)

  ZEMLINSKY: Lyrische Symphonie (Christoph Eschenbach)

  MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Elias (Antonio Pappano)

  DEO GRATIAS: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ANTONIN DVOŘÁK

  MEYERBEER: Robert le diable (Renato Palumbo)

  Opera in the Vernacular, Revisited: An Interview...

  MOERAN: Symphony in g. Sinfonietta (David Lloyd-Jones)

 

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