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CD From Hell: Sokolov’s Bogus Profundity In Mozart and Rachmaninov

David Hurwitz

Put this release squarely into the “naked emperor” category. Scrounging […]

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Big Boxes: Mackerras Delivers A Near Miss In Telarc Mozart Symphonies

David Hurwitz

These performances feature swift tempos, beautiful playing, and informed performance

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CD From Hell: Hogwood’s Mozart Fading Fast

David Hurwitz

In its day, this was an exciting series. Aside from

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Big Boxes: Fischer’s Mozart Complete Symphonies

David Hurwitz

There is some controversy about just how many symphonies Mozart

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Big Boxes: DG’s Complete Fricsay Edition, Vol. 2

Jed Distler

It is fortunate that the tragically short-lived conductor Ferenc Fricsay’s

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Big Boxes: Podium Brilliance from DG’s Complete Fricsay Edition Vol. 1

Jed Distler

Ferenc Fricsay’s tragically early death at 48 from stomach cancer

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Comparisons: Walter vs. Klemperer in Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music

David Hurwitz

Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music is a brief, powerful elegy performed

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Four-Handed Fun With Alexandre Tharaud & Friends

Jed Distler

Over the past few years Alexandre Tharaud invited 22 of his pianist friends and colleagues to record a piano duet with him, either in brief

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Ravishing Radu Lupu Rarities

Jed Distler

The sixth volume in Doremi’s ongoing releases of live archival material with Radu Lupu features a previously unpublished recital that took place in Tokyo on

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Big Boxes: The Vienna Octet’s Complete Decca Recordings

Jed Distler

Founded by brothers violinist Willi Boskovsky and clarinetist Alfred Boskovsky

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Berio’s Sinfonia Becomes Basic Rep on Ondine

David Hurwitz October 19, 2025

Berio: Sequenzas

Jed Distler October 19, 2025

Berio: Voci

ClassicsToday October 19, 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
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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