

It’s a brave choir that attempts a full program of Samuel Barber choral works, which tend to be craggy, tough, and harmonically edgy and dry,

[This is a re-post in tribute to and remembrance of

[This is a re-post in tribute to and remembrance of Seiji Ozawa, September 1, 1935-February 6, 2024.] This fine performance sounds better than ever in

And here they are, the ten worst recordings of 2023, neatly arranged for our disapproval: ALDA (Avoid Like Death Awards) 2023 The White Scarf of

[We offer this re-post from our archives in honor and memory of Alice Parker, who died December 24, 2023 at age 98.] In the realm

This arrived somewhat late in the season, but not too late to establish itself as one of the finest of this year’s choral Christmas releases

Hello friends! The 2023 Keep On Listening Awards are here, featuring ten outstanding recordings that belong in every serious collection. Check ouf the video below,

[In this season of seemingly non-stop Messiah performances, and in the face of a catalog teeming with a bewildering number of recordings of the work,

How to create a Christmas program that is at once comfortably familiar and novel enough to attract and hold the interest of both new listeners

[This month begins the count-down to Classicstoday.com’s 25th year since our launch in 1999. In celebration, today we are revisiting three reviews from our first
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