Mahler Chamber Orchestra

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

David Hurwitz

Put this release squarely into the “naked emperor” category. Scrounging […]

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Does Heras-Casado Like Spanish Music?

David Hurwitz

This is a slick, sterile, completely unconvincing performance of The Three-Cornered Hat, a work that really takes very little effort to carry off successfully. Of

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Andsnes’ Beethoven Journey at the Finish Line

Jed Distler

In 2012 Leif Ove Andsnes launched “The Beethoven Journey”, a project involving concert performances of all five Beethoven piano concertos and the Choral Fantasy, plus

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Reference Recording: Abbado’s Berlin Brahms

David Hurwitz

If this set were all that survived from Abbado’s tenure

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Mostly Great New Don

Robert Levine

I suspect that a better-cast Don Giovanni than this one would be hard to find nowadays. With ideal or near-ideal singers in six of the

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Don Giovanni–Daniel Harding

Robert Levine

Whew! This may not be the most perfectly sung Don Giovanni available, but hands down it’s the most exciting–more so than the Gardiner, which is

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A “Dutchman” to Treasure from Norway

Robert Levine July 6, 2025

Mahler Sixth from Gulag Currentzis

David Hurwitz July 6, 2025

CD from Chelm: Another Dull Jansons Mahler 2

David Hurwitz July 6, 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