Martinon; Jean

CD From Hell: Martinon’s Hapless Prokofiev 5 & 7

David Hurwitz

Sadly, this disc is a non-starter. Jean Martinon, great as […]

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Jean Martinon’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Martinon was one of those conductors who seldom made a

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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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Saint-Saens: A Box of Symphonies & Concertos

David Hurwitz

It’s puzzling that Brilliant Classics was unable to get any

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Martinon Plays Poulenc On “Erato Originals”

David Hurwitz

Evidently Erato now has its own “originals” series, this being

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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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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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Reference Recording: Martinon’s Sultry, Smoking Schmitt

David Hurwitz

There have been several new recordings of Schmitt’s most famous

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Hieyon Choi’s Beethoven Sonata Cycle

Jed Distler May 18, 2025

Satie Piano Works by Ciccolini

Jed Distler May 18, 2025

Satie & Liszt: Socrate; Via Crucis/Ranki

Jed Distler May 18, 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