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Big Boxes: Blandine Verlet’s Philips Legacy

Jed Distler

Decca’s 14-CD boxed set devoted to Blandine Verlet’s complete Philips […]

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Zoltàn Kocsis’ Essential Complete Philips Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: Just about everything Kocsis did is worth

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Ernest Ansermet’s 10 Best Recordings (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

Ernest Ansermet’s reputation exists in conjunction with the Orchestre de

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Big Boxes: Ansermet’s Rousing Russian Collection

David Hurwitz

For all the grotty playing and occasionally screechy sonics, there’s

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Big Boxes: Ansermet’s Endlessly Reissued Legacy, Reissued

David Hurwitz

We owe the huge number of Ansermet recordings to the

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Lorin Maazel’s Ten Best Recordings (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

Lorin Maazel made tons and tons of recordings featuring both

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Georg Solti’s 10 Best Recordings (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

During the 1970s and 80s scarcely a month went by

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Marriner’s Pretty Wonderful Haydn Symphonies Reboxed and Rediscovered (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: Hearing these vibrant, shapely performances after a

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THE KOLA–KEEP ON LISTENING AWARDS–ARE IN! FEATURING THE 10 BEST RECORDINGS OF 2021

David Hurwitz

The ten best recordings of 2021 represent an eclectic mix of new recordings and boxed set reissues. Regarding the former, the emphasis for the most

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Herbert von Karajan’s 10 Best (Orchestral) Recordings

David Hurwitz

Herbert von Karajan wanted us to believe that he excelled

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Chamayou Dazzles in Saint-Saëns

David Hurwitz October 5, 2025

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Saint-Saens: A Box of Symphonies & Concertos

David Hurwitz October 5, 2025

The Pacifica’s Powerful Shostakovich and Weinberg Quartets

David Hurwitz September 28, 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