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Articles by Fanfare Contributor Mark Gabrish Conlan

  I KNEW A MAN WHO KNEW BRAHMS By Nancy Shear. New York and Nashville: Regalo Press/Simon & Schuster, 2025.

  LEO, LEONARDO: Vissi nol niego. Tremolanti d’intorno.... (Miguel Ulla)

  1925: LANDMARKS FROM THE DAWN OF ELECTRICAL RECORDING (various Artists and Orchestras)

  LIFCHITZ, MAX: Song of Ourselves... (Max Lifchitz)

  ALBERT COATES CONDUCTS 20TH-CENTURY MUSIC (Albert Coates)

  LISTER, RODNEY: Toward a Supreme Fiction. A Clear... (Mark Dwyer)

  AMELIO TRIO (Amelio Tr)

  LISZT: Années de Pèlerinage, Book 1 (Ryan Behan)

  ARNOT: Symphonies (Mikel Toms)

  LISZT: Années de pèlerinage, Book II... (Emmanuel Despax)

  ARNOT: The Christmas Symphony. A Visit... (Bernhard Voss)

  MACHAVARIANI, ALEKSI; RZAYEV, AZƏR; GADJIEV, RAUF (Karen Bentley Pollick)

  ARSENYAN, HAYK: Stratum (Hayk Arsenyan)

  MARTIN, ROBERT: Chrysolith. String Trio. Emerson... (Max Lifschitz)

  ASIA: Amichai Songs... (Robert Swensen)

  MICCHELLI, MARK: Donnaleelannod. Pemm Pemm Ican... (Mark Micchelli)

  ASIA: Amichai Songs... (Robert Swensen)

  MICCHELLI, MARK: Donnaleelannod. Pemm Pemm Ican... (Mark Micchelli)

  AVICHAI ORNOY AND LUCIANO GONZÁLEZ: All the Things... (Avichai Ornoy)

  MOSER, RUDOLF: Variations, op. 42/2... (Philippe Bach)

  BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: 6 Suites for Solo Cello, BWV 1007–1012 (Henrik Dam Thomsen)

  MOZART: Mass No. 7 in C, K 167, “Missa... (Christoph Poppen)

  BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: 6 Trio Sonatas for Organ, BWV 525–530 (Aart Bergwerff)

  MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 and 22 (Alon Goldstein)

  BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Herr, gehe nicht in Gericht mit... (Hans-Christoph Rademann)

  MOZART: Quartets for Flute and String Trio... (Andrea Mogavero)

  BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Keyboard Concertos (Tianqi Du)

  MOZART; BACH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (Inés Moreno Uncilla)

  BARRY, JOHN: Out of Africa (John Barry)

  MOZART; JAZ, CLARA (Agata-Maria Raatz)

  BASILE, AL: Blues in Hand (Al Basile)

  MOZART; SULLIVAN; BALL, CHRISTOPHER (John Barry)

  BASILE, AL: Blues in Hand (Al Basile)

  NEW MUSIC FOR STRING ORCHESTRA BY PHILADELPHIA-AREA... (James Freeman)

  BEACH, AMY CHENEY: Symphony in e, op. 32, “Gaelic”... (Joseph Bastian)

  NEWMAN, ANTHONY: Piano Sonatas Nos. 6–9... (Anthony Newman)

  BEACH, AMY CHENEY; CORIGLIANO, JOHN (Usha Kapoor)

  NEWMAN, THOMAS: The Thursday Murder Club (Ben Parry)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (James Brawn)

  NIELSEN, CARL: Welcome to 20 Della Grazia, Little... (Rikke Sandberg)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (Luisa Guembes-Buchanan)

  NIELSEN, CARL; JØRGENSEN/NIELSEN (Kristoffer Hyldig)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (Moritz Winkelmann)

  NIGHTFALLS AND MIDNIGHT REVELS (Paul Cohen)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas... (Karim Said)

  NYTCH; PARRY, HUBERT (Joby Bell)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5, 7, 9... (Michael Francis)

  OF LIGHT AND SOLACE (Paul Cohen)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Violin Sonatas (Viktoria Mullova)

  ORCHESTRAL MASTERS, VOLUME 11 (Brno PO, Kyiv PO)

  BORSUK, KAROL: Kolding. Odessa... (Joanna Filuś-Olenkiewicz)

  ORGAN CONCERTOS (Paul Jacobs)

  BORUP-JØRGENSEN: Intrada for Solo Percussion, op.... (Esbjerg Ens)

  PANN, CARTER; ANTONIADES, ARIS; BOZICH, JOSEPH (Lucas Hopkins)

  BOWERS, KRIS; SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD (Carlos Izcaray)

  PILLARS OF CREATION (Bernadette A. Harvey)

  BROUGHTON, BRUCE: And on the Sixth Day... (Jonathan Bloxman)

  POLEDOURIS, BASIL: Quigley Down Under (Basil Poledouris)

  BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 3 (1873 version)... (Gerd Schaller)

  PONTICELLO (Vincent Segal)

  BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 3 (1877 version, ed.... (Gerd Schaller)

  PROKOFIEV, SERGEI; SILVESTROV, VALENTIN (Dmitry Matvienko)

  BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 5 (arr. Schaller) (Gerd Schaller)

  PULSE (Brad Wagner)

  BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 8 in c (1890 version) (Gerd Schaller)

  RAPHAEL, G.: Fantasie und Fuge über einen finnischen... (Ville Urponen)

  BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 8 in c (Gerd Schaller)

  RAPHAEL, G.: Fantasie und Fuge über einen finnischen... (Ville Urponen)

  BUCHANAN, JAKOB: A Minor Masquerade in Thwaite.... (Jakob Buchanan)

  RHIE, KAY: Cereus... (Chris Kim)

  BUCHANAN, JAKOB: A Minor Masquerade in Thwaite.... (Jakob Buchanan)

  ROMANTIC VIRTUOSO (Xika Huang)

  BUCK, OLE: Concerto Rosignolo (Michala Petri)

  ROSENTHAL, LAURENCE: Requiem for a Heavyweight. A Raisin... (Laurence Rosenthal)

  CAPRICE REIMAGINED: New Works for Natural Horn (Isaac Shieh)

  ROSING-SCHOW, NIELS; DEBUSSY (Jean Thorel)

  CAPRICE REIMAGINED: New Works for Natural Horn (Isaac Shieh)

  RUNESTAD: Dreams of the Fallen. Earth Symphony (Eric Holtan)

  CARBON: Astro Cats (Steven Graff)

  RYELANDT, JOSEPH: Piano Sonatas No. 3 in F, op. 50;... (Jozef De Beenhouwer)

  CARBON: Astro Cats (Steven Graff)

  RZEWSKI, FREDERIC: The People United Will Never Be... (Kevin Lee Sun)

  CASKEN; BARTÓK; BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (Thomas Zehetmair)

  SAFE HARBOR (Katherine FitzGibbon)

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Platero y Yo (Niklas Johansen)

  SALERNI, PAUL: Haunted... (Jessica Bowers)

  CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Yaroslav Senyshyn)

  SAMPSON, DAVID: Undercurrents Re­dux... (Amy Porter)

  CLARK, RICHARD AULDON: American Bagatelles... (Richard Auldon Clark)

  SAMPSON, DAVID: Undercurrents Re­dux... (Amy Porter)

  CLARKE, CHRIS IRVINE/ZACK: Gliding Through. Fragments of Sunrise.... (Chris Irvine)

  SANDERS, PHAROAH: Love Is Everywhere. To John (Sanders)

  CLARKE, SYMON: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra,... (Alexander Baillie)

  SATIE; CAGE, JOHN (Luisa Guembes-Buchanan)

  CONSTANTINIDES, DINOS: Violin Sonata, “À Beethoven,” LRC... (Kurt Nikkanen)

  SCHENCK: Sonatinas II, IV, and XV. Capriccios... (Petra Samhaber-Eckhardt)

  CONTRASTS (Jonathan Cohler)

  SCHMIDT, OLE: Concerto for Guitar and Chamber... (Max Artved)

  DEBNEY, JOHN: Luck (John Debney)

  SCHMITT, WERNER HEINRICH: Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Hermann... (Werner Heinrich Schmitt)

  DEBUSSY, SCHOENBERG, PROKOFIEV, SCRIABIN (Boris Berman)

  SCHUBERT; ANDRÉE (Peter Friis Johansson)

  DEBUSSY: C’est l’extase (arr. Holloway)... (Santoni)

  SCHUBERT; DESYATNIKOV, LEONID (Pavel Kolesnikov)

  DEBUSSY: Danse (Tarantelle Styrienne). Deux... (Saskia Giorgini)

  SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, op. 16... (Burkard Schliessmann)

  DELLAIRA, MICHAEL: Arctic Explorations (Clara Longstreth)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No. 2, op. 22... (Sophia Agranovich)

  DONIZETTI: Alfredo il Grande (Corrado Rovaris)

  SCHUMANN; SIBELIUS (David Munk-Nielsen)

  ESTRELLITA (Esther Rayo)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartets Nos. 10–12 (Qrtto Noûs)

  FAURÉ QUARTETT: After Hours (Fauré Qrt)

  SISKIND: Soaring Dreams... (Christopher Allen)

  FEIGIN, JOEL: Mountain and Rivers Trio. Elegy... (Claudia Schaer)

  SISKIND: Soaring Dreams... (Christopher Allen)

  FLUTRONIX: Black Being (Flutronix)

  SKINNER, FRANK; STEIN, HENRY MANCINI/WILLIAM LAVA/HERMAN (William T. Stromberg)

  FLÓREZ, ALEJANDRO: Darién. Ripples. Beaches Suite... (Alejandro Flórez)

  SOHAL: String Quartets No. 1, Chiaro­scuro... (Piatti Qrt)

  FLÓREZ, ALEJANDRO: Darién. Ripples. Beaches Suite... (Alejandro Flórez)

  STIPP, NEIL: 6 Miniatures. Toccata Exultate... (Michail Agafita)

  FOLK TRAILS (Anya Alexeyev)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Don Juan... (Hans Graf)

  FRANCK, CÉSAR: Prélude, Fugue et Variation, CFF... (Keiko Nakata)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD; WAGNER, RICHARD (Daniel Behle)

  FRITZE, GREGORY: London Overture. A Day in Valencia.... (Rafael Sanz-Espert)

  STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Chant du Rossignol. The Faun and... (JoAnn Falletta)

  GERSHWIN; HUMMEL, FRANZ; SCHUBERT (Christen)

  STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Symphony of Psalms... (Heinz Hennig)

  GIVE AND TAKE (Curtis Macomber)

  TAL, JOSEF; KAUFMANN, WALTER; RUBIN, MARCEL (Leon Botstein)

  GOLD, ERNEST: The Last Sunset (Joseph Gershenson)

  TE DEUM (Paul Neebe)

  GOLDSMITH, JERRY: First Blood (Jerry Goldsmith)

  TE DEUM (Paul Neebe)

  GOLDSMITH, JERRY: Pursuit. The People Next Door.... (Adam Klemens)

  TEODORESCU-CIOCĂNEA: L’Isolement (Vlad Maistorovici)

  GOLDSMITH, JERRY: The Chairman (William T. Stromberg)

  THALKEN, JOSEPH; COPLAND, AARON (Richard McKay)

  GOLDSMITH: MacArthur (Jerry Goldsmith)

  THE AUDACITY (Meerenai Shim)

  GOLDSMITH: The Secret of NIMH (Jerry Goldsmith)

  THE THOMAS JENSEN LEGACY, VOLUME 24 (Thomas Jensen)

  GRAND FINALE: Andrés Segovia Archive (Roberto Moronn Pérez)

  THREADS (Anthony C. Marinello)

  GRIEBLING-HAIGH, MARGI; PÄRT; VILLA-LOBOS, HEITOR (Steven Smith)

  TISHCHENKO, BORIS; ORNSTEIN, LEO (Jascha Nemtsov)

  GRIEBLING-HAIGH; PÄRT; VILLA-LOBOS, HEITOR (Smith)

  TYZIK, JEFF: Jazz Concerto for Soprano Saxophone... (Mark Davis Scatterday)

  GRIME, HELEN: Violin Concerto (Malin Broman)

  UENO: Wavelengths... (Karen Yu)

  GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN, PELLE; LORENTZEN, BENT; WORSAAE, NICOLAI (Jacob Bloch Jespersen)

  UNDISCOVERED TRUMPET CONCERTOS (Paul Neebe)

  HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Jephtha (Jane Glover)

  VASKS, PETERĪS; SCHUBERT (Sebastian Bohren)

  HARBACH, BARBARA: Advent and Christmas... (Genevieve Ellis)

  VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES: The Warner Classics Edition (de los Angeles)

  HARBACH, BARBARA: Symphonies (David Angus)

  VINCENT DUBOIS: Eternal Notre-Dame (Vincent Dubois)

  HENDRIE, GERALD: 6 Concert Studies... (Tom Winpenny)

  VIVALDI, ANTONIO; MCDONAGH, AILBHE (Lynda O’Connor)

  HER VOICE (Theresa Delaplain)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Das Rheingold (Michael Volle)

  HIRSCHFELD, C. RENÉ: Music for Piano Solo, op. 139 (Joshua Rupley)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Die Walküre (Francesco Cristofoli)

  HIRSCHFELD, C. RENÉ: Music for Piano Solo, op. 139 (Rupley)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Die Walküre (Michael Volle)

  HIRSCHFELD, C. RENÉ: π (C. René Hirschfeld)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Götterdämmerung (Andreas Schager)

  HORN TRIOS FROM MOZART TO PIAZZOLLA AND BEYOND:... (Howard Wall)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Siegfried (Andreas Schager)

  HORNER, JAMES: Something Wicked This Way Comes (James Horner)

  WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Christian Thielemann)

  IS SPRING RIGHT?: Music by American Composers (Max Lifchitz)

  WENNERBERG-REUTER, SARA; HALLÉN, ANDREAS; STENHAMMAR, WILHELM (Peter Friis Johansson)

  IVES, CHARLES: Piano Sonata No. 1 (John Noel Roberts)

  WILDER, ALEC: Air for Oboe... (Frank Sinatra)

  JOHN COLTRANE WITH ERIC DOLPHY: Evenings at the... (Coltrane)

  WILLIAMS, JOHN: Jaws (John Williams)

  JONES, RON: DuckTales (original TV soundtrack) (Ron Jones)

  WILLIAMS, JOHN: The Patriot (John Williams)

  KABALEVSKY; SCHUMANN (Theodor Lyngstad)

  YOUNG, CHRISTOPHER: The Piper (Grigor Palikarov)

  KAMEN, MICHAEL: The Three Musketeers (Michael Kamen)

  ZIMMER, HANS: A League of Their Own (Hans Zimmer)

  KARIM SAID (Karim Said)

  ZIMMER, HANS: Crimson Tide (Nick Glennie-Smith)

  KAUDER: Violin Sonatas (Karen Bentley Pollick)

  ÉMIGRÉS AND EXILES IN HOLLYWOOD (Ens for These Times)

  LATIN JAZZ MEETS OPERA (Christopher Sánchez)

  ÉMIGRÉS AND EXILES IN HOLLYWOOD (Ens for These Times)

  LEO, LEONARDO: Dove fuggo à che penso. S’offendesti... (Miguel Ulla)

  “We just wanted to hear this music ourselves”:...

 

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