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The Oistrakh Box to End All Oistrakh Boxes

Jed Distler

Behold the David Oistrakh Warner Remastered Edition, the Oistrakh box […]

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Great Musicians Of Ukraine

Jed Distler

Ukraine’s rich musical heritage is the focus of this stylistically wide ranging yet smartly curated anthology, released by Parnassus as a fund raiser and co-produced

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Big Boxes: Klemperer Remastered, Volume 1

Jed Distler

The first installment of Warner Classics’ Remastered Otto Klemperer Edition

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Finally, Warner’s Szell Box! (video review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: What could be better than a big

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Big Boxes: 65 Fabulous Cluytens CDs

David Hurwitz

Belgian-born André Cluytens was a splendid conductor, equally at home

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Reference Recording: Oistrakh’s Classic Brahms Violin Concerto

David Hurwitz

David Oistrakh’s recording of the Brahms Violin Concerto with Otto

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Big Boxes: 51 Amazing CDs of Shostakovich

David Hurwitz

I’ve slogged through a lot of these Brilliant Classics boxes,

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Klemperer’s Idiosyncratic Concerto Recordings

David Hurwitz

Klemperer was not a natural concerto accompanist, not just because

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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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Historical Gems: Shostakovich First Concertos for Violin and Cello

David Hurwitz

Shostakovich had the great good fortune to write for Russia’s

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Reynaldo Hahn’s Soulful Chamber Works

Jed Distler April 27, 2025

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A Big Bad Box of Gergiev

David Hurwitz April 27, 2025

Tchaikovsky and Myaskovsky: Violin Concertos with Repin

David Hurwitz April 27, 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