Concertgebouw Orchestra

Harnoncourt’s Antidote to Bad Dvorák, Part 1

David Hurwitz

As might be expected, Nikolaus Harnoncourt has one or two […]

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Puzzling Monteux Box From Italian Universal

David Hurwitz

This 20-disc set purports to contain “Decca Recordings,” which it

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Beethoven and Viotti: Classic Grumiaux

David Hurwitz

What has happened to the reputation and legacies of Arthur

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Reference Recording: Chailly Aces Hindemith’s Kammermusik 1-7

David Hurwitz

For those of you who missed this remarkable set the

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Historical Gems: Mengelberg’s Best Beethoven

Jed Distler

For this release, Mark Obert-Thorn has gathered all of Mengelberg’s

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CD From Hell: Mengelberg Mangles Tchaikovsky

David Hurwitz

Willem Mengelberg’s freakish and often marginally musical distortions of tempo

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Big Boxes: Haitink’s Early, Hit and Miss Bruckner

David Hurwitz

Philips (now Decca) had a chance to assemble a really

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Great Early Haitink in both Early and Late Bruckner

Victor Carr Jr

This is the second of two Bruckner Te Deum’s that

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Bruckner from Haitink: Symphonies Nos. 6 (Very Good) & 7 (Just Fair)

David Hurwitz

The number of Bernard Haitink’s Bruckner recordings sometimes seems as

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Historical Gems: Beinum’s Budget Bruckner

David Hurwitz

Now available from Australian Eloquence, Beinum’s Bruckner recordings are classics–as

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Eötvös Tackles Berio’s Epic Sinfonia (gently)

David Hurwitz October 19, 2025

Berio: Rendering; Stanze/Eschenbach

David Hurwitz October 19, 2025

William Skeen’s Bach: Quiet Authority and Intrinsic Beauty

Jed Distler October 12, 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