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Articles by Fanfare Contributor Andrew Desiderio
ANTON BRUCKNER – ELEVEN SYMPHONIES: A Guide to the Versions By William Carragan. Windsor, CT: The Bruckner Society of America, 2020. | HOLST, GUSTAV; ELGAR (David Atherton) |
BRUNO MADERNA: His Life and Music By Rossana Dalmonte and Mario Baroni. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022. | HUGHES, ED: Symphonic Visions (Ed Hughes) |
CARTER By David Schiff. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. | ICH TANZE MIT DIR IN DEN HIMMEL HINEIN: Tonfilmschlager (Ernst Theis) |
CITY SONGS AND AMERICAN LIFE, 1900–1950 By Michael Lasser. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 2019. | ICHMOURATOV, AIRAT: Piano Concerto, op. 40. Viola Concerto... (Airat Ichmouratov) |
CLASSICAL MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE By John A. Sarkett. Winnetka, Illinois: Sarkett Press, 2018. | JETHS, WILLEM: Requiem (James Gaffigan) |
CONDUCTING OPERA: Where Theater Meets Music By Joseph Rescigno. Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2020. | JETHS, WILLEM: Ritratto (Geoffrey Paterson) |
CONVERSATIONS By Steve Reich. Toronto, ON: Hanover Square Press, 2022. | JOHN MAUCERI: The Sound of Hollywood (John Mauceri) |
DANGEROUS MELODIES By Jonathan Rosenberg. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019. | JONES, SAMUEL: Flute Concerto... (Gil Rose) |
DINNER WITH LENNY: The Last Long Interview with Leonard Bernstein By Jonathan Cott. Oxford, UK: University of Oxford Press, 2013. | KLENGEL: Cello Concertinos... (Martin Rummel) |
EXPERIENCING FILM MUSIC: A Listener’s Companion By Kenneth Lafave. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. | KROUSE: Armenian Requiem, op. 66 (Stulberg) |
EXPERIENCING MAHLER: A Listener’s Companion By Arved Ashby. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020. | KROUSE: Symphony No. 5, “A Journey Towards... (Jong Hoon Bae) |
JOSÉ SEREBRIER: Portraits of the Maestro By Michel Faure. Lanham, Maryland: Amadeus Press, 2021. | KURTH: Everything Lasts Forever. A Thousand... (Robert Spano) |
JULIAN ANDERSON: Dialogues on Listening, Composing, and Culture By Julian Anderson and Christopher Dingle. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2020. | LACOMBE, PAUL: Rapsodie sur des airs du pays d’Oc,... (Martin Yates) |
LEADING TONES: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry By Leonard Slatkin. Milwaukee, WI: Amadeus Press, 2017. | LANDINI: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 (Guido Parma) |
MAD SCENES AND EXIT ARIAS: The Death of the New York City Opera and the Future of Opera in America By Heidi Waleson. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2018. | LATTES: Le diable à Paris (Dylan Corlay) |
MAHLER’S FORGOTTEN CONDUCTOR: Heinz Unger and His Search for Jewish Meaning, 1895–1965 By Hernan Tesler-Mabé. Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 2020. | LEIVISKÄ: Piano Concerto, op. 7. Symphony... (Ari Rasilainen) |
MAKING MUSIC AMERICAN: 1917 and the Transformation of Culture By E. Douglas Bomberger. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. | LIANG, LEI: Inheritance (Steven Schick) |
NATIONALIST AND POPULIST COMPOSERS: Voices of the American People By Steve Schwartz. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. | LIU: Seasons (Xingyu Huo) |
OBSERVATIONS ON MUSIC, CULTURE, AND POLITICS By Daniel Asia. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021. | LOEB, DAVID: String Quartet No. 10. An Ancient... (James Stern) |
ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CONDUCTING By Markand Thakar. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2016. | LUDWIG, DAVID: The Anchoress. Three Anchoress... (Hyunah Yu) |
ON THE ROAD & OFF THE RECORD WITH LEONARD BERNSTEIN: My Years with the Exasperating Genius By Charlie Harmon. Watertown, MA: Imagine Publishing, 2018. | LUXEMBOURG CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, VOLUME 1 (Christoph König) |
ONE MAESTRO’S JOURNEY By Heinrich Hammer. Leander, Texas: Still Life Enterprises, 2019. | MACHOVER: Death and the Powers (Gil Rose) |
PHILIP GLASS PIANO ETUDES: The Complete Folios 1–20 and Essays from Fellow Artists Ed. Linda Brumbach & Alisa E. Regas. Artisan Books, 2023. 20 Folios plus book ( | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 7 (Bernard Haitink) |
RAVEL: A Listener’s Guide By Victor Lederer. Milwaukee: Amadeus Press, 2015. | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 (Gabriel Feltz) |
THE COURAGE OF COMPOSERS AND THE TYRANNY OF TASTE: Reflections On New Music By Bálint András Varga. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2017. | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 9 (Adám Fischer) |
THIS WAS TOSCANINI: The Maestro, My Father, and Me By Samuel Antek and Lucy Antek Johnson. Dallas: Brown Books Publishing Group, 2021. | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 9 (Benjamin Zander) |
TO PLAY AGAIN: A Memoir of Musical Survival By Carol Rosenberger. Berkeley: She Writes Press, 2018. | MAKAN: Dream Lightly. If We Knew the Sky.... (Gil Rose) |
WAGNERISM: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music By Alex Ross. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020. | MARTINŮ: SONGS, VOLUME 5 - Saltimbanques (Wallingerová) |
YEAR OF WONDER: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day By Clemency Burton-Hill. New York, New York; HarperCollins, 2018. | MEDTNER, NIKOLAI: 3 Romances, op. 3... (Levental) |
20TH CENTURY FEMININE (Louise Chisson) | MEDTNER, NIKOLAI: Six Pushkin Poems, op. 32... (Levental) |
A SHROPSHIRE LAD: English Songs Orchestrated by... (Roderick Williams) | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX; JUON, PAUL; SKALKOTTAS (Tr Gaspard) |
ABDI: Hafez (Vladimir Sirenko) | MIGRATION (Jerry Junkin) |
ADAMS, JOHN: Chamber Symphony... (Gil Rose) | NATHAN, ERIC: Paestum. Omaggio a Gesualdo. the... (Gil Rose) |
ADAMS, JOHN: Doctor Atomic (Adams) | NIELSEN, CARL: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2; in... (Hasse Borup) |
ADAMS, JOHN: Doctor Atomic (John Adams) | NOVÁK, VÍTĚZSLAV: Moravian-Slovak Suite, op. 32... (Stilek) |
ADAMS, JOHN: Harmonielehre. My Father Knew Charles... (Giancarlo Guerrero) | OCCHIPINTI: Three Emilys for Solo Voice. Cubist... (Mingjia Chen) |
ALARCÓN; CLARKE, NIGEL; TURNBULL (Matthew George) | ORDWAY, SCOTT: The Outer Edge of Youth (Matthew Robertson) |
AMAYA: Constellations (Efraín Amaya) | OUR STRENGTH, OUR SONG (Akemi Mercer-Niewoehner) |
AMERICAN LANDSCAPES (Karen Becker) | PEARCE, MONICA: Toile de jouy... (Barbara Pritchard) |
AMMANN, BENNO: Missa Defensor pacis (Raphael Immoos) | PERSICHETTI: Dryden Liturgical Suite, op. 144... (Quinn) |
AN INVITATION AT THE SCHUMANNS’ (Tr Dichter) | PETTERSSON, ALLAN: Complete Edition (Various) |
ANTAL DORÁTI: The Mercury Masters: The Stereo... (Antal Dorati) | PFITZNER, HANS: Das Christ-Elflein (Kurt Eichhorn) |
ARMENIAN BRILLIANCE (Nikolay Madoyan) | PHIBBS, JOSEPH: Juliana (George Vass) |
BALAKIREV: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (Herbert von Karajan) | PHILLIPS, J. C.: The Grey Land (Joseph C. Phillips) |
BARBER, SAMUEL: Knoxville... (Gil Rose) | PIAZZOLLA, ASTOR: Escualo. Libertango. The Four Seasons.... (El Ciel 2020) |
BATES, MASON: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Michael Christie) | PICKER, TOBIAS: Awakenings (Gil Rose) |
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 (ensemble1800berlin) | PICKER: Fantastic Mr. Fox (Gil Rose) |
BENJAMIN, GEORGE: Lessons in Love and Violence (George Benjamin) | PICKER: The Encantadas. Opera Without Words (Giancarlo Guerrero) |
BERMEL, DEREK: Intonations. Ritornello... (Derek Bermel) | PLAYS AND OPERAS FOR THE RADIO (Ernst Theis) |
BERNARD HERRMANN: The Film Scores on Phase 4 (Bernard Herrmann) | POULENC, FRANCIS: La voix humaine. Sinfonietta (Véronique Gens) |
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD: Mass (Dennis Russell Davies) | POULENC, FRANCIS; BRITTEN; DEBUSSY (Leonora Armellini) |
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD: Symphonies... (Antonio Pappano) | PUTS, KEVIN: Silent Night (Courtney Lewis) |
BLACKFORD: La Sagrada Familia Symphony... (Richard Blackford) | PUTS, KEVIN: The Hours (Yannick Nézet-Séguin) |
BOLLON, FABRICE: Die ungeborenen Enkel. The Secret... (Irina Jae-Eun Park) | REINECKE: Flute Concerto. Ballad for Flute... (Tatjana Ruhland) |
BOLLON, FABRICE: Your Voice Out of the Lamb. Four... (Jader Bignamini) | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Concerto all’antica. Ancient Dances... (Salvatore di Vittorio) |
BORODIN; ZINZADSE; SCHUMANN, CAMILLO (Duo Rubikon) | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Roman Festivals. Fountains of Rome.... (JoAnn Falletta) |
BRAHMS, JOHANNES; REGER, MAX (Robert Oberaigner) | REYNOLDS, ROGER: Personae. Kokoro. Aspiration (Gabriela Díaz) |
BROMHEAD: A Lay for a Light Year. Violin... (Colman Pearce) | RICHTER, MAX: Flowers of Herself. On the Nature... (Kristjan Järvi) |
BRUCH, MAX: String Quintet in E♭. String Quintet... (Nash Ens) | RICORDI: The Stolen Bucket (Aldo Salvagno) |
BRUCKNER, ANTON: 9 Symphonies (Nezet-Séguin) | ROBERTSON, JOHN: Vallarta Suite, op. 47... (Anthony Amoré) |
BRUCKNER, ANTON; SHOSTAKOVICH (Carlos Paita) | ROSNER, ARNOLD: Requiem (Nick Palmer) |
CAINE: The Passion of Octavius Catto (André Raphel) | ROSNER, ARNOLD: Requiem (Palmer) |
CATANIA: La moda vuole l’ala larga. Piu... (Maurizio Salemi) | ROSNER, ARNOLD: Scherzo for Orchestra, op. 29a... (Nick Palmer) |
CIPULLO: The Parting (Alastair Willis) | ROSNER, ARNOLD: The Chronicle of Nine (Gil Rose) |
CLARKE, JEREMIAH; RAVEL (Gryphon Tr) | ROSNER, ARNOLD: The Chronicle of Nine (Rose) |
COCHRAN: Symphonic Tale... (Michael Chausovskiy) | RUDERS, POUL: Sound and Simplicity... (Sebastian Lang-Lessing) |
CORIGLIANO, JOHN: To Music. Troubadours... (Gil Rose) | RUZICKA, PETER: Benjamin Symphonie. Elegie (Peter Ruzicka) |
CRESTON, PAUL: 3 Narratives, op. 79... (Silberstein) | SAINT-SAËNS; RAVEL; POULENC, FRANCIS (Alexander Wasserman) |
DAMASE: Double Concerto for Viola, Harp... (Martin Yates) | SAY: Violin Concerto, “1001 Nights in... (Howard Griffiths) |
DASHOW, JAMES: First Tangent to the Given Curve.... (Paul Hoffmann) | SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Suite in G Major... (John Mauceri) |
DAUGHERTY, MICHAEL: Bay of Pigs. Gee’s Bend... (Neal Gittleman) | SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 14, “Death and... (Goldmund Qrt) |
DAUGHERTY, MICHAEL: This Land Sings (David Alan Miller) | SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6... (Costantino Catena) |
DAVIS, ANTHONY: X (Gil Rose) | SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen. Kreisleriana... (Luisa Guembes-Buchanan) |
DAWSON, WILLIAM LEVI; KAY, ULYSSES (Arthur Fagen) | SEAN SHIBE: Lost and Found (Sean Shibe) |
DAWSON, WILLIAM LEVI; KAY, ULYSSES (Arthur Fagen) | SIMON, ANTOINE; CHAMINADE, CECILE (Martin Yates) |
DOVE, JONATHAN: In Exile... (Raphael Wallfisch) | STENHAMMAR, WILHELM: Symphony No. 2 in g... (Herbert Blomstedt) |
EASTMAN: Evil Nigger. Gay Guerilla (ter Braak) | SUPPÉ, FRANZ VON: Mozart. Die Afrikareise (Dario Salvi) |
EGGERT, SCOTT HOWARD: Memoria (Christopher Kiver) | SUPPÉ, FRANZ VON: Overtures... (Rudner) |
EGGERT, SCOTT HOWARD: Memoria (Christopher Kiver) | SURINACH: Acrobats of God. The Owl and the... (Gil Rose) |
EGGERT, SCOTT HOWARD: Memoria (Kiver) | SWISS TREASURES (Art’Ventus Qnt) |
ELFMAN: Violin Concerto, “Eleven Eleven.”... (Cameron) | TABAKOV: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6 (Emil Tabakov) |
ELGAR: Violin Concerto. Violin Sonata (Irnberger) | TABAKOV: Symphony No. 5. Double Bass Concerto (Emil Tabakov) |
ELGAR; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (Colin Davis) | TEN HOLT, SIMEON: Canto Ostinato. Una Musique Blanche.... (David Porcelijn) |
EÖTVÖS: Tri sestry (Dennis Russell Davies) | TESORI, JEANINE: Blue (Roderick Cox) |
FAIN; NORTH, ALEX; NEWMAN, ALFRED... (John Mauceri) | THE LIVING AMERICAN (Timothy Schwarz) |
FELDMAN, MORTON: For Bunita Marcus (Takahashi) | THOMAS, AUGUSTA READ: Rush. Rhea Enchanted... (Clarissa Bevilacqua) |
FIBICH: Symphony No. 3 in e... (Marek Štilec) | TOWER, J.: Piano Concerto–Homage to Beethoven.... (Gil Rose) |
FIDDLES, FORESTS, AND FOWL FABLES: New Storytelling... (Kenneth Woods) | ULLMANN, VIKTOR: Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Agudin) |
FREY, EMIL: One-Eleven Heavy (David Bloom) | ULLMANN, VIKTOR: Piano Concerto. Piano Sonatas Nos.... (Treutler) |
GERSHWIN: CONCERTO IN F (David Alan Miller) | WALKER, GEORGE: Antiphonys... (Franz Welser-Möst) |
GERSHWIN; RODGERS, RICHARD; RODGERS, RICHARD... (John Mauceri) | WALLIN: Stride. Whirld. Spirit... (Andris Poga) |
GIORDANO, UMBERTO: Andrea Chenier (Riccardo Chailly) | WALTON, WILLIAM: Piano Quartet. Toccata for Violin... (Thwaite) |
GLANERT: Oceane (Donald Runnicles) | WEINBERGER, JAROMÍR: Sarabande... (Wallisch) |
GLASS, PHILIP: Violin Concerto No. 2, “American... (Piotr Pławner) | WEINBERGER, JAROMÍR: Schwanda the Bagpiper... (Karl-Heinz Steffens) |
GORDON, MICHAEL: Acquanetta (Daniela Candillari) | WENNÄKOSKI: Flounce. Sigla... (Nicolas Collon) |
GORDON, RICKY IAN: Ellen West (Lidiya Yankovskaya) | WOOLF, RANDALL: Angel Heart, a music storybook (Mike Marshall) |
GORDON, RICKY IAN: The House Without a Christmas Tree (Bradley Moore) | WRANITZKY, PAUL: Symphonies... (Štilec) |
GRAHAM, P.: Metropolis 1927. On the Shoulders... (Nicholas Childs) | WUORINEN, CHARLES: Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Gil Rose) |
GREENWOOD, JONNY: The Phantom Thread (Ziegler) | YSAŸE; VÖRÖŠOVÁ (Daniel Matejca) |
HARBISON, JOHN: Diotima. Milosz Songs... (Gil Rose) | YUN, ISANG: Cello Concerto. Interludium A.... (Dennis Russell Davies) |
HEGGIE: Great Scott (Patrick Summers) | ZWILICH, ELLEN TAAFFE: Upbeat!. Concerto Elegia. Commedia... (Gil Rose) |
HERRMANN, BERNARD: THE FILM SCORES ON PHASE 4 (Herrmann) | ÅSHEIM: Grader av hvitt (Degrees of White) (Christian Eggen) |
HERRMANN, BERNARD: Whitman... (Angel Gil-Ordóñez) | |
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