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Articles by Fanfare Contributor Gil French

  A ROOM OF HER OWN (Neave Tr)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 (Vänskä)

  A SUMMER NIGHT’S CONCERT LIVE AT THE VIENNA MUSIKVEREIN (Wolfgang Hentrich)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 9 (Osmo Vänskä)

  AGRELL: Sinfonias (Drottningholms Baroque Ens)

  MATTHESON: Joseph (Christian Bonath)

  ALABAMA STRING QUARTETS (Amernet Str Qrt)

  MATTHEWS, DAVID: Toward Sunrise, op. 117... (Jac van Steen)

  ALCHEMY: New Music for Trumpet and Orchestra (Fábio Brum)

  MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: String Symphonies Nos. 4–6. Violin... (Mikhail Gurewitsch)

  AMERICAN CENTURY (Brian O. Walden)

  MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Symphony No. 4, “Italian” (Jordi Savall)

  ANSERMET CONDUCTS THE NBC SYMPHONY (Ernest Ansermet)

  MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Violin Concertos... (Jakub Černohorský)

  ANVIK; SKRAM; STORAAS (Audun Sandvik)

  MERCADANTE: Flute Quartets (Mario Carbotta)

  ARENSKY: Egyptian Nights (Dmitry Yablonsky)

  METANOIA (Simone Menezes)

  ARNOLD, MALCOLM: Symphony No. 9... (John Gibbons)

  MIASKOVSKY; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (Liliana Kehayova)

  ARNOLD, MALCOLM: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2. 5... (Peter Fisher)

  MIRRORED IN TIME (Jörgen van Rijen)

  AXIOTIS: Sunset... (Bryon Fidetzis)

  MON AMI, MON AMOUR (Matt Haimovitz)

  BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN; BARTÓK (Géza Anda)

  MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 11–13 (Kim)

  BAROQUE ARABESQUE (Fiori Musicali Austria)

  MOZART: Symphonies (Riccardo Minasi)

  BAROQUE CONCERTOS FROM THE NETHERLANDS (Jan Willem de Vriend)

  MOZART: Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 2, and... (Aisslinn Nosky)

  BARTÓK: Divertmento for Strings... (Pietari Inkinen)

  MOZART; REINECKE; NIELSEN, CARL (Alberto Navarra)

  BARTÓK: The Wooden Prince... (Thomas Dausgaard)

  MOZART; VOŘÍŠEK, JAN VÁCLAV (Herbert Blomstedt)

  BARTÓK; ENESCU, GEORGE; ACHRON, ISIDOR (Lando)

  MÜLLER-HERMANN: Piano Quintet in g, op. 31... (Oliver Triendl)

  BARTÓK; ENESCU, GEORGE; ACHRON, ISIDOR (Tassilo Probst)

  NEEME JÄRVI IN CONCERT (Neeme Järvi)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concerto No. 3. Triple Concerto (Martin Helmchen)

  NOSKOWSKI; MONIUSZKO; KURPINSKI (Lutosławski Qrt)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concerto No. 4. Piano Concerto... (Gvetadze)

  O SOLE MIO: Mandolin Concertos & Songs (Julien Martineau)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concertos (Gianluca Cascioli)

  OCEANIC (Andris Poga)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Quartets Nos. 1–16... (Lindsay Str Qrt)

  ONSLOW, GEORGE: String Quintets (Elan Qnt)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Uwe Grodd)

  PARADIES, PIETRO DOMENICO: Complete Harpsichord Sonatas (Alessandro Simonetto)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies Nos. 1–5 (Jordi Savall)

  PARFENOV; TCHAIKOVSKY (Christopher Ward)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7 (arr. Schwarwenka) (Ben Schoeman)

  PAS DE BOURRÉE (Peter Spissky)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 9 (Honeck)

  PER LA NOTTE DI NATALE: Italian Christmas Concertos (Lars Ulrik Mortensen)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; KUHLAU (Tami Krausz)

  PIAZZOLLA, ASTOR: Bandoneón Concerto, “Aconcagua”.... (Martynas Levickis)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; PROKOFIEV, G. (UNLTD Collective)

  PIPKOV; ZLATEV-TCHERKIN; AL-AHMAD (Miroslav Hristov)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; RAVEL (Martha Argerich)

  PISENDEL; ANONYMOUS (Mayumi Hirasaki)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; STUCKY (Honeck)

  PORTUGUESE MUSIC FOR PIANO DUO (Luís Duarte)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; VOŘÍŠEK, JAN VÁCLAV (Lobkowicz Tr)

  PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Alexander Nevsky... (Leonard Slatkin)

  BERLIOZ; MAYUZUMI (Andrea Battistoni)

  PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Cello Concerto, op. 58. Cello Sonata... (Rohan de Saram)

  BERLIOZ; MAYUZUMI (Battistoni)

  RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4. Rhapsody... (Abbey Simon)

  BOLOGNE, JOSEPH: Violin Concertos (Fumika Mohri)

  RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin (Fugue and... (Sakari Oramo)

  BONDS, MARGARET; KAY, ULYSSES; PERKINSON, COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (Kellen Gray)

  RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G... (Cédric Tiberghien)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Liebeslieder Walzer, op. 52. Neue... (Justin Doyle)

  REFLECTIONS (Simon Crawford-Phillips)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES; MACMILLAN, JAMES (Honeck)

  REINECKE; SAUER (Simon Callaghan)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES; MAIER-RÖNTGEN, AMANDA; RÖNTGEN, JULIUS (Kristiina Poska)

  RENEWAL (Julian Azkoul)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES; SCHUMANN (Paul Mann)

  RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Ballad of the Gnomes. Botticelli... (Geoffrey Simon)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES; SCHUMANN; SCHUMANN, CLARA (Alexander Shelley)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; LIADOV (Dmitri Kitaenko)

  BRAUNFELS: Don Gil of the Green Breeches... (Gregor Bühl)

  ROMBERG, ANDREAS JAKOB: Violin Concertos (Couchane Siranossian)

  BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 0, “Die Nullte” (Symphony... (Markus Poschner)

  SAINT-SAËNS; POULENC, FRANCIS (Lucie Leguay)

  BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 4 (1878–80 version,... (Bernard Haitink)

  SALONEN, ESA-PEKKA; RAVEL (Nicolas Altstaedt)

  BRUK: Symphonies (Māris Kupčs)

  SAMBACH (Linus Roth)

  BŁAŻEWICZ; PRZYBYLSKI; MAJKUSIAK (Klaudiusz Baran)

  SAMMARTINI: 6 Viennese Sonatas (Oinos Baroque Tr)

  CARR, DANIEL: Piano Trio, op. 19... (Mindy Ella Chu)

  SANTOLIQUIDO, FRANCESCO: Violin Sonata in a. Chiarità lunare... (Mauro Tortorelli)

  CASELLA, ALFREDO; RESPIGHI, OTTORINO; RACHMANINOFF (Joshua Pierce)

  SCHMITT, A.: Piano Concertos... (Howard Shelley)

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO; BRAHMS, JOHANNES; CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC (Fulvio Luciani)

  SCHUBERT: String Quartets... (Schumann Qrt)

  COATES, ERIC: Springtime Suite. Four Ways Suite.... (Andrew Penny)

  SCHUBERT: Symphonies (Jordi Savall)

  CONCERTO BAROCCO (Seldom Sene Rcr Qnt)

  SCHUMANN, CLARA; SCHUMANN (Rana)

  CONCERTOS 4 VIOLINS (Mayumi Hirasaki)

  SCHUMANN: Symphonies (Philippe Herreweghe)

  COSTA, ANTONIO PEREIRA DA: Concerti Grossi (Diana Vinagre)

  SCHUMANN: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 (orch.... (Marin Alsop)

  COSTA, PEREIRA DA: Concerti grossi Nos. 5–10 (Vinagre)

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 (1841 and 1851 versions) (John Axelrod)

  CRUSELL: The Last Warrior. Bassoon Concerto.... (Aapo Häkkinen)

  SCHUMANN; BRAHMS, JOHANNES; SCHUMANN, CLARA (Alexander Shelley)

  DE MILLE FEUX (Andara Qrt)

  SCHUMANN; GRIEG, EDVARD (Elisabeth Leonskaja)

  DEBUSSY: C’est l’extase... (Mikko Franck)

  SCHUMANN; SCHUMANN, CLARA (Haoli Lin)

  DEBUSSY: Petite Suite (orch. Büsser)... (Pascal Rophé)

  SCHUMANN; SCHUMANN, CLARA; BRAHMS, JOHANNES (Alexander Shelley)

  DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque. Première rhapsodie.... (Messiaen Qrt Copenhagen)

  SETTECENTO: Baroque Instrumental Music from the... (Adrian Chandler)

  DEBUSSY; MAGNARD, ALBÉRIC (Béla Qrt)

  SEVEN WAYS TO SAY FAREWELL (Olga Dubossarskaya Kaler)

  DECRUCK, FERNANDE: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra.... (Matthew Aubin)

  SHREVE, GEORGIA: Lavinia. Anna Komnene (Steven Mercurio)

  DELIBES: Coppelia... (Neeme Järvi)

  SINIGAGLIA: Romanza for String Quartet and... (Wawrzyniec Szymański)

  DOHNÁNYI: Variations on a Nursery Song, op.... (Modestas Pitrénas)

  SIXTEEN SEASONS (Gianna Fratta)

  DOMENICONI: Durandarte. Le città e gli occhi—Zemrude.... (Mare Duo)

  SKALKOTTAS: 36 Greek Dances, Series 1... (Stefanos Tsialis)

  DONIZETTI: String Quartets Nos. 4, 5, 8, 13,... (Mitja Qrt)

  SLATKIN CONDUCTS SLATKIN (Leonard Slatkin)

  DUELLO D’ARCHI A VENEZIA (Chouchane Siranossian)

  SOLLIMA: Cello Sonata... (Ens Kinari)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN; ROSAURO; ZÖLLNER (Wolfgang Hentrich)

  SOUPERS DU ROY (Matthieu Lussier)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN; SMETANA (Wihan Qrt)

  SOUSA: Assembly of the Artisans. The Highbrows... (Keith Brion)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN; TCHAIKOVSKY (Alfonso Todisco)

  STOKOWSKI: Philadelphia Rarities (Leopold Stokowski)

  D’AVALOS: Piano Quintet. Soprano Quintet (Noûs Qrt)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Eine Alpensinfonie. Also sprach... (Santtu-Matias Rouvali)

  ECK, FRIEDRICH: Violin Concertos (Tanja Becker-Bender)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Piano Quartet in c, TrV 137. Metamorphosen... (Tr Arnold)

  ELGAR; PARRY, HUBERT; JACOB, GORDON (Douglas Bostock)

  SULLIVAN: The Light of the World (John Andrews)

  EN ESTEL POPULAR (Joan Enric Lluna)

  SYMPHONIES OF THE BACH FAMILY (Reinhard Goebel)

  EVENING DUSK SERENADE: Newly Discovered Finnish... (Linda Hedlund)

  TANGO (Pascal Contet)

  FAHRBACH JR, PHILIPP; FAHRBACH JR, PHILIPP (Christian Simonis)

  TARTINI: Violin Concertos... (Giulio Plotino)

  FAIRY TALES: Recital Music from Eastern Europe (Kyle Horch)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5; Romeo and Juliet... (Aziz Shokhakimov)

  FLURY, RICHARD: Der Scholle treu... (Paul Mann)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,... (John Mauceri)

  FOR THE DRESDEN ORCHESTRA (Alexis Kossenko)

  TCHAIKOVSKY; LISZT/TCHAIKOVSKY (Andrej Hoteev)

  FRANCK, CÉSAR: Les Djinns... (Tanguy de Williencourt)

  TCHAIKOVSKY; RIMSKY-KORASKOV (Gianandrea Noseda)

  FUCHS, R.: Violin Sonatas (Hyejin Chung)

  TELEMANN, GEORG PHILIPP: Quartets, TWV 43... (Camerata Köln)

  GERSHWIN; TOWER, J.; STUCKY (David Alan Miller)

  TEODORESCU-CIOCĂNEA: Le rouge et le noir (Răsvan Cernat)

  GINASTERA, ALBERTO: Panambí. Estancia (Gisèle Ben-Dor)

  THE FRENCH ALBUM (Osorio)

  GOLDMARK: Im Frühling. Zrinyi. Götz von Berlichingen... (Fabrice Bollon)

  THE ORIGINAL MAESTRO (Leonard Bernstein)

  GRILLER: Trumpet Concerto... (Paul Mann)

  THE STUDENTS OF NADIA BOULANGER (Boulanger Tr)

  GUNNING, CHRISTOPHER: Symphony No. 5... (Christopher Gunning)

  TRANSATLANTIC (Garrett Keast)

  HARRISON, LOU; RODRIGUEZ, ROBERT XAVIER; AGÓCS (Nicholas Kitchen)

  TWISTED SKYSCAPE (Shea Lolin)

  HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Piano Concertos Nos. 1–5, 8, 10,... (Mélodie Zhao)

  VANDINI: Sonatas (Elinor Frey)

  HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Symphonies Nos. 6–8 (Florilegium)

  VANHAL, JOHANN BAPTIST: Symphonies in f, B f1; in E♭, B... (Michael Halász)

  HEINICHEN, JOHANN DAVID: Come? S’imbruna il ciel! Occhi... (Michael Alexander Willens)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Piano Quintet in c. The Lark Ascending... (Mark Bebbington)

  HOHENZOLLERN, FREDERICK II VON; MARCHI, DE; MARPURG (Claudia Stein)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 9. The Wasps (Malcolm Sargent)

  HUNGARIAN SERENADE (Offenburg Str Tr)

  VILLA-LOBOS, HEITOR: String Quartets Nos. 1–17 (Danubius Qrt)

  JOFRE; PIAZZOLLA, ASTOR; VILLA-LOBOS, HEITOR (Enrico Fagone)

  VIOTTI: Sinfonias Concertante (Martha Carfi)

  JOHANSEN, DAVID; KVANDAL, JOHAN (Marius Skjølaas)

  VISIONS OF A CENTURY (Malin Broman)

  JONES, DANIEL: Symphonies Nos. 12 and 13. Come,... (Tecwyn Evans)

  VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Bassoon Concertos (Mauro Monguzzi)

  JOYRIDE! (William Drury)

  VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Bassoon Concertos (Sergio Azzolini)

  KAPUSTIN: Piano Concerto No. 4... (Case Staglinone)

  VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Cello Concerto in d, RV 405; Concertos... (Michal Stehel)

  KOPPEL, ANDERS: String Quartet No. 4... (Alon Sariel)

  VIVALDI, ANTONIO; BOTTESINI; ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM (Rick Stotijn)

  KORNGOLD, ERICH: Suite, op 23... (Spectrum Concerts Berlin)

  VIVALDI, ANTONIO; PIAZZOLLA, ASTOR (Twiolins)

  KORNGOLD, ERICH; CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (Orion Weiss)

  WAYPOINTS (Kenneth C. Collins)

  KVANDAL, JOHAN: Fugue for String Quartet. String... (Engegård Str Qrt)

  WEBER, CARL MARIA VON: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2... (Willens)

  KVANDAL, JOHAN: Quartets Nos. 1–3. Fugue... (Engegård Qrt)

  WEINBERG, MIECZYSLAW: Cello Concertino, op. 43bis. Fantasy,... (Raphaël Feye)

  KÜFFNER, JOSEPH: Serenades for Flute, Viola, and... (Classico Terzetto Italiano)

  WEINBERG, MIECZYSLAW: Concertino for Cello and Strings,... (Daniel Grossmann)

  LA CREMONA: Concertos for 3 and 4 Violins (Reinhard Goebel)

  WEINBERG, MIECZYSLAW: Violin Sonatas... (Yuri Kalnits)

  LADY VIOLA (Kristina Fialová)

  WINTERBERG, HANS: Symphony No. 1, “Sinfonia drammatica”... (Johannes Kalitzke)

  LE TOMBEAU DE CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Musical Tributes... (Zeev Dorman)

  WOLF-FERRARI, ERMANNO: Suite Veneziana, op. 18... (Friedrich Haider)

  LISTEN TO OUR CRY (Reinhold Friedrich)

  WORKS FOR PIANO WITHIN ORCHESTRA (Joshua Pierce)

  LISZT: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2. Piano... (Alexander Ullman)

  WRANITZKY, PAUL: Symphonies... (Marek Štilec)

  LOCATELLI: Sei Introduttioni teatrali, op.... (Raphael Hevicke)

  YSAŸE: Solo Violin Sonatas Nos. 1–6, op.... (Maxim Brilinsky)

  LOVE MUSIC (Son)

  YSAŸE: Sonatas for Solo Violin (including... (Niklas Walentin)

  LOVE MUSIC (Svetlin Roussev)

  YSAŸE: Violin Concerto in e... (Philippe Graffin)

  LUMBYE; LANNER, JOSEPH; STRAUSS I, JOHANN (Lars Ulrik Mortensen)

  ÁLVARO CASSUTO: Three Portuguese Orchestras (Álvaro Cassuto)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 3 (Tomáš Netopil)

  ĶENIŅŠ, TĀLIVALDIS: Symphonies No. 5; No. 8, “Sinfonia... (Andris Poga)

 

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