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Enescu’s Isis and 5th Symphony, Dead and Loving It

David Hurwitz

My Uncle Sam had one of the coolest jobs of […]

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Gallo Trio Sonatas: The Source for Stravinsky’s Pulcinella

David Vernier

Within the first few seconds of the first track—the Sonata

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Siegfried Wagner: Sonnenflammen, Sound and Fury Signifying…?

Robert Levine

Here is yet another of Siegfried Wagner’s 14 operas, the

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Filling in the Gaps: Two Rare Prokofiev Ballets

David Hurwitz

Neither of these ballets receives regular performance on stage or

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Alvin and the Chipmunks Play Bruckner

David Hurwitz

Yes, you saw it correctly. Asking the Tapiola Sinfonietta (about

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Korngold’s Midsummer Night

David Vernier

[This month begins the count-down to Classicstoday.com’s 25th year since our launch in 1999. In celebration, today we are revisiting three reviews from our first

Reinecke’s Mellifluous Two-Piano Music

Jed Distler

Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) garnered veneration and respect throughout his long life for his multi-faceted talents as a pianist, conductor, teacher, and prolific composer with more

A New Schreker Orchestral Music Series Begins

David Hurwitz

Franz Schreker didn’t write that much free-standing orchestral music, which is a pity because what we have is gorgeous. Most of it has some connection

Reznicek Suites: Curiously Faded, Nicely Played

David Hurwitz

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek (1860-1945) presents a puzzle. Obviously talented, his concert music often reveals a curiously faded, tired quality, as though he knew he

Rachmaninov’s (Truly) Complete Piano Duo Works

Jed Distler

This is a useful release from a discographical standpoint in that it accounts for every Rachmaninov two-piano and one-piano-four-hands composition or arrangement. The Genova &