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Staier’s Great Haydn Keyboard Concertos Reissued

David Hurwitz

This is one terrific disc, back in classy “Harmonia Mundi […]

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Mendelssohn: Double Concerto/Freiburg Baroque

David Hurwitz

You really want to love these performances. Kristian Bezuidenhout plays on a deliciously crisp reproduction of a period (1820s) piano, and his passagework really glitters.

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Haydn: Symphony No. 49, etc/Freiberg Baroque

David Hurwitz

That these acid-toned, inexpressive, unidiomatic performances could ever have come to be associated with “authentic” performance practice is a sad statement about how disconnected, pedantic,

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Jonathan Ferrucci’s Bach Toccatas

Jed Distler July 27, 2025

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Reference Recording: Finzi Clarinet & Cello Concertos

David Hurwitz July 27, 2025

Finding Finzi & Howells

David Vernier July 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