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Distinctive and Different: The Abbado-Terfel Falstaff

Robert Levine

Rather than the slightly overweight, everything-underlined, very broadly comic approach […]

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Filling in the Gaps: Verdi Opera Choruses

Anastasia Tsioulcas

There’s plenty of impressive swagger here, and you can take

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Big Boxes: Karajan’s Complete DG and Decca Recordings

Jed Distler

Universal Classics’ limited edition of Herbert von Karajan’s complete Deutsche

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Big Boxes: Eugen Jochum’s DG Recordings Vol. 1–Orchestral Music

David Hurwitz

Eugen Jochum was such a modest soul that he was

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Big Boxes: The Rather Pointless Complete Amadeus Quartet on DG

David Hurwitz

Don’t get me wrong: the Amadeus Quartet was a great

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Nemanja Radulovic’s Double-Dipping Tchaikovsky

Victor Carr Jr

The cloying pop-culture marketing notwithstanding, it’s not immediately clear from the CD booklet cover that Nemanja Radulovic is playing the solo part of both works

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Big Boxes: The BSO’s Almost Complete DG Recordings

David Hurwitz

Here we have, on 57 mostly well-packed CDs, the almost

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Kissin’s Beethoven: Diverse Venues, Variable Interpretations

Jed Distler

For his first solo Beethoven release Evgeny Kissin offers a selection of live recordings dating between 2006 and 2016. The Op. 2 No. 3 sonata’s

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Walter Gieseking’s Bach: The “Prima Vista” Klavier

Jed Distler

To tie in with the 1950 anniversary marking J.S. Bach’s

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17-Plus Hours of Radiant Sound From Gundula Janowitz

Robert Levine

Her voice was neither the most potent nor her interpretations

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Glazunov’s Heartfelt, “Impossible to Ignore” Suite Charactéristique

David Hurwitz August 24, 2025

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Reference Recording: Milstein Plays Dvorák and Glazunov

David Hurwitz August 24, 2025

Naxos’ Scarlatti Cycle Reaches the Bottom of the Barrel

Jed Distler August 17, 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