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Big Boxes: A Fine Stravinsky Set That’s Not Quite What It Seems

David Hurwitz

Don’t you just hate it when an otherwise worthwhile collection […]

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Big Boxes: An Odd Gershwin Collection from Decca

David Hurwitz

This is a somewhat strange collection in that the odds

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Reference Recording: Szell’s Irreplaceable Haydn Symphonies

David Hurwitz

It says something about Haydn’s aesthetic vision that the best

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Maazel’s Complete Decca Cleveland Recordings

David Hurwitz

It would of course have been too much to ask

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Under the Radar: Dohnányi’s Vibrant Schumann

David Hurwitz

There are simply dozens of Schumann cycles around; I only

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CD From Hell: Dohnányi’s Miserable Mahler 4th

David Hurwitz

Christoph von Dohnányi once ruefully observed of his tenure in

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Reference Recording: Prokofiev’s Complete R&J

David Hurwitz

There are a handful of complete recordings of Prokofiev’s Romeo

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Reference Recording: Graffman and Szell’s Prokofiev

David Hurwitz

The Graffman/Szell recordings of Prokofiev’s First and Third Piano Concertos

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Reference Recording: Oistrakh’s Classic Brahms Violin Concerto

David Hurwitz

David Oistrakh’s recording of the Brahms Violin Concerto with Otto

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Under the Radar: Prime Bartók and Lutoslawski from Dohnányi/Cleveland

David Hurwitz

The coupling is smart, the performances amazing in their precision,

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Filling In The Gaps: Wagner’s Patriotic Potboilers

David Hurwitz May 11, 2025

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Karg-Elert’s Pleasantly Arcane Piano/Harmonium Wagner Arrangements

Jed Distler May 11, 2025

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Siegfried Wagner: Sonnenflammen, Sound and Fury Signifying…?

Robert Levine May 11, 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