ROUSSEL; ALBERT

Big Boxes: Ansermet’s Endlessly Reissued Legacy, Reissued

David Hurwitz

We owe the huge number of Ansermet recordings to the […]

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Big Boxes: Martinon’s Complete Chicago Recordings At Last

David Hurwitz

These recordings are stunning, plain and simple. There isn’t a

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A Big Box of Roussel, Wonder of Wonders

David Hurwitz

Every so often the major labels extrude a heap of

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Good, Slightly Cautious French Program from Yamada

David Hurwitz

Kazuki Yamada leads the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in an appealing program of French classics. The Roussel unquestionably fares best, and it’s the major

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Reference Recording: Roussel’s Complete Symphonies on Naxos

David Hurwitz

Although other discs in this series have been released since

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Big Boxes: Great Martinon on EMI and Erato

David Hurwitz

This splendid box contains all of Jean Martinon’s late recordings

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Reference Recording: Classic Honegger & Roussel from Munch

David Hurwitz

This is the Japanese RCA Munch Edition reissue of these

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Historical Gems: Cluytens’ Rare Roussel

David Hurwitz

The LPs of these superb Roussel recordings lasted about 10

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Historical Gems: Martinon’s Mono Philips Legacy

David Hurwitz

These three discs feature Jean Martinon leading the Lamoureux Orchestra

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Major Discoveries: Roussel’s Aeneas

David Hurwitz

Jean Martinon recorded a dazzling Bacchus et Ariane Suite No.

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Naxos’ Scarlatti Cycle Reaches the Bottom of the Barrel

Jed Distler August 17, 2025

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Enescu’s Isis and 5th Symphony, Dead and Loving It

David Hurwitz August 17, 2025

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Major Discoveries: Enescu’s Third Symphony From Ondine

David Hurwitz August 17, 2025

Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met’s Hoffmann
by Robert Levine
October 6, 2024
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
by David Hurwitz
August 4, 2024
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
by ClassicsToday
June 24, 2024
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