Schoonderwoerd; Arthur

CD From Hell: Schoonderwoerd’s Mindless Beethoven Massacre

David Hurwitz

The great Donald Francis Tovey summarized everything that is wrong […]

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Chopin: Ballades & Nocturnes/Schoonderwoerd

Jed Distler

Vladimir Horowitz wondered if an instrument of Chopin’s time was better suited to that composer’s music than a modern concert grand with its relatively heavier

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Shostakovich: Song cycles, etc.

Jed Distler

Here we have four late Shostakovich song cycles juxtaposed with two of the composer’s large-scale chamber masterpieces, plus two selections from the Op. 87 Preludes

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FORTEPIANO MUSIC FROM THE NETHERLANDS

Jed Distler

Stylistically speaking, the music on this disc will sound familiar even if none of the four Dutch composers’ names rings a bell. Two sonatas by

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Hieyon Choi’s Beethoven Sonata Cycle

Jed Distler May 18, 2025

Satie Piano Works by Ciccolini

Jed Distler May 18, 2025

Satie & Liszt: Socrate; Via Crucis/Ranki

Jed Distler May 18, 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