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Reference Recording: Christoff is Boris

Robert Levine

This note-complete, beautiful-sounding 1962 performance of the Rimsky-Korsakov version of […]

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Turkeys!: Furtwängler’s Shaky Strauss and Spastic Smetana

David Hurwitz

Furtwängler’s Moldau simply stinks. The opening is heavy and lumpish,

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Super Shostakovich 1 and 14 from Rattle, Quasthoff and Mattila

David Hurwitz

I happened back on this release fresh from hearing Karita

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Reference Recordings: Poulenc’s Carmelites in their First Recording

Dan Davis

In and out of the catalogue since its first appearance

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Historical Gems: Beecham’s Incomparable Late Haydn

David Hurwitz

These famous performances need little recommendation from me. They are

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A Scarlatti Classic: Igor Kipnis’ Sonata Recital For ex-EMI

Jed Distler

Are Igor Kipnis and Domenico Scarlatti an item or what?

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Reference Recording: Boult’s Valedictory Gerontius

David Hurwitz

It’s impossible to write about The Dream of Gerontius with

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Richter and Gavrilov So-So In Handel’s Keyboard Suites

Jed Distler

In June and July, 1979, Sviatoslav Richter and Andrei Gavrilov

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Richter’s Oft-Reissued Dvorák/Schubert Reissued

David Hurwitz

The Richter/Kleiber Dvorak Piano Concerto recording never has been unreservedly

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Reference Recording: Beecham Charms in Bizet

David Hurwitz

Just for fun, play Bizet’s Symphony in C right after

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Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor, etc./Clare College

David Vernier October 26, 2025

Berio’s Sinfonia Becomes Basic Rep on Ondine

David Hurwitz October 19, 2025

Berio: Sequenzas

Jed Distler October 19, 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