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Big Boxes: Vintage Beecham in Haydn and Mozart

David Hurwitz

Beecham’s recordings of Haydn and Mozart are incomparable. You may […]

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Big Boxes: Beecham–The Later (sic) Tradition

David Hurwitz

Well, Schubert and Mendelssohn hardly qualify as “later tradition,” but

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Big Boxes: Rudolf Kempe, Chord Guy

David Hurwitz

No German conductor wants to admit that he’s not at

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Big Boxes: Klemperer’s Classic Wagner and Stunning Strauss

David Hurwitz

These Strauss recordings are amazing. Granted, Don Juan isn’t as

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Big Boxes: Klemperer’s Majestic Mozart Operas

David Hurwitz

Klemperer took his Mozart very, very seriously. This works wonderfully

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Klemperer’s Select 20th Century Music Collection

David Hurwitz

Otto Klemperer didn’t record much modern music, which is a

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Big Boxes: Klemperer’s Essential Mahler Newly Remastered

David Hurwitz

It is to the eternal credit of British musical culture

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Big Boxes: Excellent Britten Orchestral Works

David Hurwitz

As these eight CDs reveal, there’s more Britten orchestral music

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Big Boxes: Boult Conducts Vaughan-Williams

David Hurwitz

For some reason, Boult never quite got the credit for

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Reference Recording: Stokowski’s Still Definitive Frank Martin

David Hurwitz

Stokowski was such a fascinating character. In repertory pieces, he

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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