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Historical Gems: Beecham’s English Music

David Hurwitz

When we think of Beecham and “English Music,” we really […]

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Reference Recording: Berglund’s Bournemouth Sibelius Cycle

David Hurwitz

Paavo Berglund recorded three Sibelius symphony cycles, but as is

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Klemperer’s SACD Mozart: Remastering Mythology

David Hurwitz

These are wonderful Mozart performances, not too slow (as you

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Big Boxes: David Oistrakh’s Complete EMI Recordings

Jed Distler

It is possible that David Oistrakh was the most consistently

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Big Boxes: Klemperer’s Inimitable Romantic Symphonies and Overtures

David Hurwitz

This is a great set. There is only one really

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Big Boxes: Klemperer’s Alternately Great and Lousy Bruckner

David Hurwitz

There’s good slow, and there’s bad slow. Klemperer’s Bruckner contains

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Big Boxes: Klemperer’s Beethoven–EMI Gets It Right

David Hurwitz

Don’t panic: the concertos will be coming in another box

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Chilling Scarpia; Chilly Tosca; Fresh Mario

Robert Levine

One need only watch Angela Gheorghiu as Tosca, scratching her chin in puzzlement as she tries to figure out who Cavaradossi’s painting of Mary Magdalene

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Martinon’s Complete Debussy and Ravel: Still the Reference 40 Years On

David Hurwitz

These performances can’t compete sonically with Boulez’s DG remakes (of

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Basic Holst in a Handy Box

David Hurwitz

The reasons for Holst’s relative neglect, beyond The Planets and

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Reference Recording: Shostakovich 5 and 9 with Bernstein

Luca Sabbatini September 28, 2025

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Historical Gems: Stokowski’s Yummy Dvorák & RVW

David Hurwitz September 14, 2025

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Reference Recording: Hengelbrock’s Death-Defying Dvorák 4th

David Hurwitz September 14, 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