Haitink; Bernard

Big Boxes: Haitink’s Early, Hit and Miss Bruckner

David Hurwitz

Philips (now Decca) had a chance to assemble a really […]

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Tepid Haitink in What Should Be Blazing Bruckner

David Hurwitz

Bernard Haitink’s previous Fourth Symphony (featuring the Concertgebouw) was a

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Great Early Haitink in both Early and Late Bruckner

Victor Carr Jr

This is the second of two Bruckner Te Deum’s that

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Bruckner from Haitink: Symphonies Nos. 6 (Very Good) & 7 (Just Fair)

David Hurwitz

The number of Bernard Haitink’s Bruckner recordings sometimes seems as

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Haitink’s Best Bruckner Eighth

David Hurwitz

These digital remakes offer excellent performances of both symphonies. Bernard

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Reference Recording: Brendel’s Demonic Liszt Concertos

David Hurwitz

Has Alfred Brendel ever made a finer concerto recording than

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CD From Hell: Haitink Euthanizes Vaughan Williams

David Hurwitz

If we didn’t already know that Bernard Haitink has no

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Reference Recording: Haitink’s Shostakovich Fifth

David Hurwitz

There are some great things in Haitink’s Shostakovich cycle, specifically

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Haitink’s Alternately Enthralling and Frustrating Symphony Edition

David Hurwitz

These performances have been mindlessly reissued countless times in various

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CD From Hell: Haitink’s Comatose Bruckner Ninth

David Hurwitz

What is there to say to an artist who famously

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Eötvös Tackles Berio’s Epic Sinfonia (gently)

David Hurwitz October 19, 2025

Berio: Rendering; Stanze/Eschenbach

David Hurwitz October 19, 2025

William Skeen’s Bach: Quiet Authority and Intrinsic Beauty

Jed Distler October 12, 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