Kondrashin; Kirill

Byron Janis’ Liszt Concertos: Playing For The Ages

David Hurwitz

[A repost from our archives, in tribute to the great […]

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Filling In The Gaps: Rudolf Kerer Revisited

Jed Distler

American piano connoisseurs may be fleetingly aware of Rudolf Kerer

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Historical Gems: Kondrashin’s Killer Mahler Sixth

David Hurwitz

Recorded in 1981, shortly before his death, this performance is

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Under the Radar: Kondrashin’s Smokin’ Live Mahler 7th

David Hurwitz

Kirill Kondrashin was an important, at times great Mahler conductor.

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Historical Gems: Remembering Van Cliburn–April 11, 1958

Jed Distler

Van Cliburn’s RCA recordings of the Tchaikovsky First and Rachmaninov

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Reference Recording: The Ultimate Single Disc Rimsky-Korsakov

David Hurwitz

Kirill Kondrashin’s Scheherazade has long been regarded a reference recording,

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Big Boxes: 51 Amazing CDs of Shostakovich

David Hurwitz

I’ve slogged through a lot of these Brilliant Classics boxes,

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Major Discoveries: Weinberg, Vainberg? Who cares–it’s classic Kondrashin

David Hurwitz

Transliterating Russian into English is bad enough, but in the

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Van Cliburn’s Concerto Legacy

Jed Distler

Van Cliburn’s 1958 Gold Medal victory in the first international

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Franck: Symphony/Kondrashin

David Hurwitz

These performances don’t show Kondrashin at his absolute best, but even so there’s a lot to enjoy. God knows, the Franck is light-years better than

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Reynaldo Hahn’s Soulful Chamber Works

Jed Distler April 27, 2025

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A Big Bad Box of Gergiev

David Hurwitz April 27, 2025

Tchaikovsky and Myaskovsky: Violin Concertos with Repin

David Hurwitz April 27, 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