Reviews

This category can only be viewed by members.

Exclusive Insider Reviews

  • Enhanced search features
  • Reviews with audio
  • Weekly email updates
  • Dozens of reviews every month
  • ONLY $49 PER YEAR! (or $5 monthly)

Latest Reviews

Xenakis: Oresteia

The origins of Iannis Xenakis’ Oresteïa are almost more remarkable than the music itself, a truly bizarre “only in the USA” sort of story. Sometime

Read More »

Video Features

The Five Greatest Bruckner Recordings

4 hours ago

The Five Greatest Bruckner Recordings
Symphony No. 5 (Sawallisch/Orfeo)
Symphony No. 7 (Jochum/Dresden/Warner)
Symphony No. 6 (Klemperer/Warner)
Te Deum (Karajan/Berlin (1976) DG)
Symphony No. 8 (Maazel/Berlin/Warner)
...

Review: Nelsons' Atrocious Mahler Fifth--Yes, It's THAT Bad

6 hours ago

Mahler: Symphony No. 5. Vienna Philharmonic, Andris Nelsons (DG) ...

Introducing: The Madame Butterflied Line of Classical Cutlery

11 hours ago

Isn't it about time someone came up with this product? ...

The Five Greatest Debussy Recordings

May 15, 2026 12:01 pm

The Five Greatest Debussy Recordings
Piano Works (Michelangeli/DG)
Images for Orchestra (Boulez/Cleveland Orchestra/Sony)
Pelléas et Mélisande (Stillwell/von Stade/van Dam/Karajan/Warner)
Sonatas (Boston Symphony Chamber Players/DG)
La Mer (NBC Symphony/Toscanini/RCA)
...

The 6th Anniversary Video!!!

May 15, 2026 10:00 am

Yes, on May 11, 2026 this channel turned a whopping 6 years old. For those of you who haven't seen the full range of offerings, please watch the video and/or check out my channel home page here:
https://www.youtube.com/@DavesClassicalGuide/featured
I hope you'll be as amazed as I am. Thank you all so much for your support and for sharing your passionate love of great music!
...

Haydn! (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room 10)

May 15, 2026 5:01 am

Major soloists play Haydn's sonatas and concertos with varying degrees of success--plus some very fine conducting. ...

Search Music Reviews

Search Sponsor

  • Insider Reviews only
  • Click here for Search Tips

Visit Our Merchandise Store

Visit Store
  • Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met’s Hoffmann
    Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met’s Hoffmann Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; Oct 24, 2024 Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann is a nasty work. Despite its
  • RIP David Vernier, Editor-in-Chief
    David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com’s founding Editor-in-Chief passed away Thursday morning, August 1, 2024 after a long battle with cancer. The end came shockingly quickly. Just a
  • Finally, It’s SIR John
    He’d received many honors before, but it wasn’t until last week that John Rutter, best known for his choral compositions and arrangements, especially works related