Rozanova; Elena

My Mother’s Songbook: Liszt Lieder Transcriptions

Jed Distler

Reviewing the Odessa-born pianist Elena Rozanova’s 2001 debut release in Harmonia Mundi’s “Les Nouveaux Musiciens”, I cited her hard, aggressive touch and her lack of

Continue Reading

Rozanova’s Shostakovich 24

Jed Distler

Pianist Elena Rozanova begins her entry in Harmonia Mundi’s “Les Nouveaux Musiciens” series with Prokofiev’s Toccata, sacrificing tone and character for sheer speed at the

Continue Reading

Ravel Schnittke Szymanowski Violin works Mourja C

ClassicsToday

Harmonia Mundi and Radio-France co-produce a collection presenting what they call “the cream of the new generation of musicians”. As in any collection of this

Continue Reading

“Bach-maninov” from Alexandre Tharaud

Jed Distler May 25, 2025

Harding’s Tosca – Big and Brash

Robert Levine May 25, 2025

Insider

CD From Hell: Sokolov’s Bogus Profundity In Mozart and Rachmaninov

David Hurwitz May 25, 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