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CD From Hell: Boulez’s Strauss/Mahler Pairing Is All Toten and No Feier

David Hurwitz

Pierre Boulez never has shown any particular affinity for the […]

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A Bittersweet Big Box of 20th Century Boulez

David Hurwitz

Most all of this material has been reissued previously, but

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Muti’s Feel-Good Bruckner Ninth

Victor Carr Jr

Riccardo Muti prioritizes beauty of sound over all else in this performance, with the result that you pay far more attention to the orchestral playing

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Under the Radar: Abbado’s Chicago Mahler 5th

David Hurwitz

As with just about all the Mahler symphonies, Abbado has

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Fritz Reiner’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Fritz Reiner was one of those egomaniacal, autocratic conductors who

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Georg Solti’s 10 Best Recordings (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

During the 1970s and 80s scarcely a month went by

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Carlo Maria Giulini’s 10 Best Recordings (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

Carlo Maria Giulini had a remarkable career. Not known for

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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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Big Boxes: Reiner’s Complete Strauss, At Last

David Hurwitz

Does anyone not own most of these recordings? If you

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Two Fascinating, Historic Kubelik Boxes

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: They’re here! Eloquence has released Rafael Kubelik’s

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“Bach-maninov” from Alexandre Tharaud

Jed Distler May 25, 2025

Harding’s Tosca – Big and Brash

Robert Levine May 25, 2025

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CD From Hell: Sokolov’s Bogus Profundity In Mozart and Rachmaninov

David Hurwitz May 25, 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
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by David Hurwitz
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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