CRAMER; JOHANN BAPTIST

Well Played Cramer Etudes (but was this release really needed?)

Jed Distler

Before Chopin’s Etudes there were Clementi’s teaching pieces collectively known as Gradus ad Parnassum. And before Clementi, pianists struggled with Johann Baptist Cramer’s 84 Etudes,

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A MOZART ALBUM

Jed Distler

Stephen Hough has devised a provocative and effective program that juxtaposes Mozart piano pieces with works by later composers that use Mozart as a jumping-off

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Bilson Does Dussek, Cramer, & Haydn

Jed Distler

Collaborations seem to elicit Malcolm Bilson’s most fluent and characterful playing on disc, such as in the Mozart Violin Sonatas with Sergio Luca, the Beethoven

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Richard Strauss: Ägyptische Helena/Voigt/Botstein

Robert Levine June 8, 2025

Richard Strauss: Orchestra works/Zinman

Jed Distler June 8, 2025

Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Live ’55/Böhm

Robert Levine June 8, 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