Concertgebouw Orchestra

Reference Recording: Haitink’s Shostakovich Fifth

David Hurwitz

There are some great things in Haitink’s Shostakovich cycle, specifically […]

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Historical Gems: Mengelberg plays Bach, Strauss, and Ravel

David Hurwitz

You would think that the reason to get this disc

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Historical Gems: Philips’ Live Mengelberg Series, Now On Decca

Jed Distler

During the early days of CDs, the Philips label’s Japanese

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Historical Gems: Munch Conducts Roussel, etc.

David Hurwitz

These early Munch performances of Bizet, Roussel, and Saint-Saëns were

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Haitink’s Second (or Third) Best Bruckner 7th

David Hurwitz

Between studio, live, and broadcast recordings, God only knows how

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Big Boxes: Haitink’s One and Only Tchaikovsky Cycle

David Hurwitz

Unlike his endless Bruckner and Mahler remakes, Haitink recorded only

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Reference Recording: Chailly’s Turangalîla-Symphonie, At Last

David Hurwitz

Along with Wit’s Naxos recording, this is one of the

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Reference Recording: Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (and it’s cheap)

David Hurwitz

Antal Dorati’s Concertgebouw recordings aren’t that numerous, but they are

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Under The Radar: Great Symphonies by Bizet & Saint-Saëns

David Hurwitz

For years Philips has witlessly reissued, over and over, Edo

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Reference Recording: Haitink’s Classic Mahler Das Lied von der Erde

David Hurwitz

Thank God Bernard Haitink hasn’t recorded this work half a

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Slatkin and Lyon Deliver At Last in Saint-Saëns

David Hurwitz October 12, 2025

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Reference Recording: Saint-Saëns & Vieuxtemps chez Grumiaux

David Hurwitz October 12, 2025

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Filling in the Gaps: Saint-Saëns’ Music for Cello and Orchestra

David Hurwitz October 12, 2025

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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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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