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Big Boxes: Essential Toscanini, Really

David Hurwitz

This twenty disc set, curated by Christopher Dyment and Harvey […]

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Big Boxes:Toscanini Conducts Wagner

Jed Distler

Wagner lovers and Toscanini fans need not be told of

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Wagner: Die Walkure, 1941/Traubel, Melchior

Jed Distler

This sizzler of a Die Walküre, one of the finest of the opera’s many vintage broadcasts from the Met stage, has everything going for it.

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GREAT CONDUCTORS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: ARTURO TOSCANINI

Dan Davis

EMI has managed to complete its Great Conductors of the 20th Century series without including Mengelberg and Bernstein among a chosen 40 that found room

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Sony Masterworks’ Wagner exc w/Traubel C

Robert Levine

This two-CD set is a composite of at least three LPs as well as a couple of bonuses, and fills a particular gap in the

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Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde

Robert Levine

The 1940s were a luxurious time for Wagner singing, as this Met broadcast from February 6, l943, confirms. Erich Leinsdorf leads a tight performance, with

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Dausgaard Plays A Mean Mahler 10

David Hurwitz July 13, 2025

A Mahler Cycle From–You Guessed It–Dusseldorf

David Hurwitz July 13, 2025

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CD From Hell: Bad Transfers of Kletzki’s Embarrassing Mahler 1 and 9

David Hurwitz July 13, 2025

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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