Young; Simone

CD From Hell: Bernhard Lang Fools With Parsifal

Jens F. Laurson

The idea of re-writing and reinterpreting extant works to make […]

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Wagner: Götterdämmerung

Robert Levine

I was very taken with the Walküre from this same source, praising in particular the conducting of Simone Young. Again here, in the Cycle’s final

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Wagner: Walküre/Simone Young

Robert Levine

This performance, recorded live in Hamburg in October, 2008, is a wonderful surprise. Conductor Simone Young brings out the score’s mood changes with great drama;

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HALÉVY: La juive/Shicoff, Miles

Robert Levine

La juive premiered the same year as Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) and was even more successful in its time than its Italian contemporary, with

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Still More Excellent Saint-Saëns Piano Concertos

David Hurwitz October 5, 2025

A Fine Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto Cycle Concludes

David Hurwitz October 5, 2025

Lortie’s Saint-Saëns Concertos 3 and “Egyptian”: The New Reference

David Hurwitz October 5, 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