Abbado; Claudio

Filling in the Gaps: Verdi Opera Choruses

Anastasia Tsioulcas

There’s plenty of impressive swagger here, and you can take […]

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17-Plus Hours of Radiant Sound From Gundula Janowitz

Robert Levine

Her voice was neither the most potent nor her interpretations

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CD From Hell: Abbado Plays Mozart with Authentic Amateurs

David Hurwitz

Abbado is a dreadful Mozart conductor. When I was in

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CD From Hell: Abbado’s Deadly Mozart Requiem

David Vernier

Beating a dead horse is one thing; beating a dead

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Big Boxes: Abbado’s Frustrating Mahler

David Hurwitz

Abbado’s best Mahler recordings were his earliest, made in Chicago,

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Filling In The Gaps: Berlioz’s Neglected Te Deum

David Hurwitz

The Te Deum is the stepchild among Berlioz’s large-scale works,

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CD From Hell: Abbado’s Very Posthumous Schubert Ninth

David Hurwitz

Death has never been an impediment to a new release.

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Big Boxes: DG’s Complete Pogorelich Edition

Jed Distler

When Ivo Pogorelich was eliminated during the 1980 International Chopin

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Reference Recording: Milstein Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn

David Hurwitz

“All’s not false that’s taught in the public schools,” Tovey

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Big Boxes: Abbado’s Complete RCA and Sony Recordings

Jed Distler

Packaged in original jacket facsimiles, Sony/BMG’s complete collection of Claudio

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Satie: Complete 4–hand music/van Veen

Jed Distler May 18, 2025

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Reference Recording: Thibaudet Plays Satie, Complete

David Hurwitz May 18, 2025

Big Boxes: Prime Vintage Ormandy on RCA Victor

Jed Distler May 11, 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