|
|
Articles by Fanfare Contributor John W. N. Francis
100 YEARS OF GREAT ARTISTS AT THE MET. The Gatti-Casazza... | OLIVE FREMSTAD- THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS (Olive Fremstad) |
100 YEARS OF GREAT ARTISTS AT THE MET. The Johnson... | PAVAROTTI IN LONDON (Luciano Pavarotti) |
OPERA ON RECORD 2. Ed. by Alan Blyth. 399 pp. New York: Beaufort Books, 1984. $24.95 | PEERCE/ANDERSON/SEGOVIA (Jan Peerce) |
THE NEW YORK CITY OPERA : An American Adventure; with the Complete Annals. By Martin L. Sokol; annals compiled by George Louis Mayer (through 1979) and Martin L. Sokol (1980-1981). 562 pp. New York: Macmillan, 1982. $24.95 | PLISETSKAYA DANCES (Maya Plisetskaya) |
WAGNER REHEARSING THE “RING“: An Eye-Witness Account of the Stage Rehearsals of the First Bayreuth Festival. By Heinrich Porges, translated by Robert L. Jacobs. 158 pp. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983, $29.95 | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Romeo and Juliet (choreography... (Mikhail Lavrovsky) |
ADAM, ADOLPHE: Giselle (choreography by Petipä... (Natalia Bessmertnova) | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Romeo and Juliet (choreography... (Yuri Zhdanov) |
AN ELISABETH SÖDERSTRÖM RECITAL (Elisabeth Söderström) | PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: La Bohème (Ileana Cotrubas) |
ARRIAGA, JUAN CRISÓSTOMO: Symphony in D. Los esclavos felices (English C O) | PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: La Fanciulla del West (Carol Neblett) |
ARTUR RUBINSTEIN (Arthur Rubinstein) | PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Manon Lescaut (Kiri Te Kanawa) |
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Suites for Solo Cello (Mstislav Rostropovich) | PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Turandot (Eva Martón) |
BALLERINA. KAREN KAIN (Karen Kain) | RAFF, JOSEPH JOACHIM: Symphony No. 5 in E, Op. 177 (“Lenore“) (Berlin RSO) |
BALLERINA. LYNN SEYMOUR (Lynn Seymour) | RAVEL: Jeux d'eau. Sonatine. Le Tombeau... (Jean-Yves Thibaudet) |
BARTÓK; KODÁLY (Elizabeth Suderburg) | RAVEL; SAINT-SAËNS (Alfred Cortot) |
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra,... (Bronislaw Huberman) | ROUSH; BACH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN; DEBUSSY (Ruth K. Inglefield) |
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra,... (Itzhak Perlman) | SAINT-SAËNS: Samson et Dalila (Jon Vickers) |
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (Glenn Gould) | SCHNEITZHOEFFER: La Sylphide (choreography by Lacotte,... (Ghislaine Thesmar) |
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 (Leningrad PO) | SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Die Jakobsleiter, Erwartung, Op.... (Siegmund Nimsgern) |
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; WAGNER, RICHARD (Gundula Janowitz) | SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in ft, D. 960. Moments... (Monique Deschaussées) |
BERG, ALBAN; SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD (Louis Krasner) | SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 7 in E, D. 729 (completed... (Chmura) |
BIZET: Carmen (Ruza Baldani) | SHCHEDRIN, RODION: Anna Karenina (choreography by... (Maya Plisetskaya) |
BOLLING, CLAUDE: Concerto for Classic Guitar and... (Ángel Romero) | SHCHEDRIN, RODION: The Little Humpbacked Horse (choreography... (Vladimir Vasiliev) |
BOLSHOI BALLET (members of the Bolshoi Ballet) | SMETANA: Má Vlast (Czech PO) |
Boris Christoff. Arias (Boris Christoff) | SORABJI: Opus Clavicembalisticum (Madge) |
BRAHMS, JOHANNES: A German Requiem, Op. 45. Rhapsody... (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf) | STARS OF THE RUSSIAN BALLET (members of the Bolshoi Ballet) |
BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90 (in... (Bracha Eden) | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Music for Symphonic Brass... (Locke Brass Consort) |
BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Variations on a Theme by Haydn,... (Bracha Eden) | STRAUSS, RICHARD; BRAHMS, JOHANNES; STRAUSS, RICHARD... (Edda Moser) |
BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Jon Vickers) | STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Oedipus Rex (Thomas Moser) |
BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Vickers) | STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Nightingale. Pulcinella. Renard... (Op Society of Washington O & Ch) |
CARA MARIA (Maria Callas) | STRAVINSKY, IGOR; TCHAIKOVSKY (Dag Achatz) |
CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Concerto No. 1 in E minor for Piano... (Martha Argerich) | SULLIVAN-MACKERRAS; SULLIVAN (Mackerras) |
CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Polonaises (7) (Leonard Pennario) | SULLIVAN: H.M.S. Pinafore (Frankie Howerd) |
DEBUSSY: La Mer. Iberia. Prelude à l'après-midi... (Arturo Toscanini) | SULLIVAN: H.M.S. Pinafore (John Reed) |
DELIBES: Coppélia (choreography by Ana Garcia) (Ana Maria Castañon) | SULLIVAN: Ruddigore (Keith Micheli) |
DONIZETTI: La Favorita (Palmira Vitali Marini) | SULLIVAN: The Gondoliers (Francis Egerton) |
DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (Joan Sutherland) | SULLIVAN: The Mikado (William Conrad) |
DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Slavonic Dances for Orchestra,... (Czech PO) | SULLIVAN: The Pirates of Penzance (Keith Micheli) |
DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op.... (Czech PO) | SULLIVAN: The Pirates of Penzance (arranged... (George Rose) |
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: Princess Ida. The Pirates of Penzance... (Muriel Dickson) | SULLIVAN: The Yeomen of the Guard (David Hillman) |
GREAT SINGERS IN COPENHAGEN. Historical 1—1931-1939 (Denmarks RSO) | TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION. VIOLIN AND PIANO (Viktoria Mullova) |
György Melis. Opera Arias (György Melis) | TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty (choreography by... (Maryse Egasse) |
HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Judith Nelson) | TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (choreography by Gorsky,... (Maya Plisetskaya) |
HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Symphonies (Berlin PO) | TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (choreography by Grigorovich,... (Natalia Bessmertnova) |
HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Symphonies (Berlin PO) | TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (choreography by K. Sergeyev) (Yelena Yevteyeva) |
HEIFETZ/PIATIGORSKY (Jascha Heifetz) | TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (choreography by Petipä... (Natalia Makarova) |
HEINRICH REHKEMPER. Volume III (Heinrich Rehkemper) | TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (choreography by... (Mikhail Baryshnikov) |
Heinrich Schlusnus. Liederalbum (Heinrich Schlusnus) | TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (choreography by... (Vladimir Vasiliev) |
HOFMANN, JOSEF: THE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS, 1911-1919 (Hofmann) | TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beaury choreography... (Irina Kolpakova) |
HUMMEL, JOHANN NEPOMUK: Piano Music... (Mary Macdonald) | THE ART OF DINU LIPATTI (Lipatti) |
HÉROLD-LANCHBERY: La Fille Mal Gardée (choreography... (Leslie Collier) | THE BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. 90th Anniversary... (Bournemouth SO) |
I AM A DANCER (Rudolf Nureyev) | THE MAKING OF LAKMÉ (Joan Sutherland) |
IBERT: Le Roi d'Yvetot (Louis Musy) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Aida (Maria Chiara) |
Jussi Bjoerüng: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill.... (Jussi Björling) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Aida (Renata Tebaldi) |
KHACHATURIAN, ARAM: Spartacus (choreography by Yuri... (Vladimir Vasiliev) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Don Carlos (Plácido Domingo) |
LEO SLEZÁK, Volume IV (Leo Slezak) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Ernani (Plácido Domingo) |
LUCREZIA BORI, Volume 2 (Lucrezia Bori) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Falstaff (Renato Bruson) |
Mafalda Favero. Opera Arias (Mafalda Favero) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Il trovatore (Leyla Gencer) |
MAHLER, GUSTAV; BRAHMS, JOHANNES; MAHLER, GUSTAV... (Lucia Popp) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La battaglia di Legnano (Antonietta Stella) |
MASSENET, JULES: LUCAS and GAUNT Manon (choreography... (Jennifer Penney) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La Traviata (Lucia Evangelista) |
MAYA PLISETSKAYA IN CARMEN (Maya Plisetskaya) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La Traviata (Teresa Stratas) |
MENDELSSOHN, FELIX; SPOHR, LOUIS (András Adorján) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Otello (Vladimir Atlantov) |
MOZART: Concertos for Piano and Orchestra (Clifford Curzon) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Rigoletto (Aldo Silvani) |
MOZART: Five Divertimentos in B♭ for Two... (Dieter Klöcker) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Rigoletto (Aldo Silvani) |
MOZART: Piano Concertos (Clifford Curzon) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Rigoletto (Cornell MacNeil) |
MOZART: Serenade No. 7 in D for Orchestra,... (Rudolf Koeckert) | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Rigoletto (Garbis Boyagian) |
MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godounov (Martti Talvela) | VIDEO DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL BALLET (Merrill Ashley) |
MUSSORGSKY: Songs... (Boris Christoff) | VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Four Concertos, Op. 8, Nos. 1-4... (Lorin Maazel) |
NIELSEN, CARL: Symphonies (Grøndahl) | VLADIMIR HOROWITZ IN LONDON (Vladimir Horowitz) |
NIELSEN, CARL; BUXTEHUDE (H. C. Andersen) | WAGNER, RICHARD: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Flagstad) |
OFFENBACH: Les contes d'Hoffmann (Plácido Domingo) | ZUMSTEEG: Die Entführung. Des Pfarrers Tochter... (Bernd Weikl) |
|
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Interviews,
Music Matters, & Reviews
Would you like to contribute reviews to Fanfare?
Please submit a sample review
of a recent release to fanfaremag@aol.com,
and we'll let you know if you have the qualifications to become a critic at the magazine.
|
