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Big Boxes/Richter Redux: The Complete Warner Recordings

Jed Distler

Back in 2008 EMI Icon brought out a complete edition […]

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Big Boxes: C.P.E. Bach Symphonies and Concertos

David Hurwitz

This grab-bag of C.P.E. Bach performances, as you might expect,

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Under the Radar: Jochum’s Enchanting Meistersinger

Jed Distler

Last available in Deutsche Grammophon’s bicentenary edition of Wagner’s complete

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Kubelik’s Fascinating Take On “Bluebeard”

Robert Levine

This previously unreleased performance, recorded live at the 1962 Lucerne

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Reference Recording: Kempe’s Ultimate Lohengrin

Robert Levine

This stunning recording has been hailed from the start as

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Historical Gems: Fricsay’s Reference Beethoven 9th

David Hurwitz

Debilitating illness and premature death prevented Ferenc Fricsay from extensive

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Big Boxes: Strauss’ Complete (ish) Operas from DG

Jed Distler

Deutsche Grammophon’s 33-disc collection devoted to Richard Strauss’ complete operas

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Big Boxes: A Generally Fine Miscellany of Strauss’ “Great” Operas

Jed Distler

In the movie “The Invention of Lying,” everything in the

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CD From Hell: The Battle-Scarred War Requiem Premiere

David Hurwitz

Booklet note writer and Britten biographer Paul Kildea, best known

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Reference Recording: Britten’s Total War Requiem

David Hurwitz

This is the War Requiem for people who can’t get

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Eötvös Tackles Berio’s Epic Sinfonia (gently)

David Hurwitz October 19, 2025

Berio: Rendering; Stanze/Eschenbach

David Hurwitz October 19, 2025

William Skeen’s Bach: Quiet Authority and Intrinsic Beauty

Jed Distler October 12, 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