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CD From Hell: Gergiev Sings Shostakovich’s 8th

David Hurwitz

What on earth is going on here? This recording evidently […]

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Naxos’ Scarlatti Cycle Reaches the Bottom of the Barrel

Jed Distler

Naxos’ Scarlatti cycle descends to the bottom of the proverbial barrel for Volume 30, one of this series’ outright duds. The close microphone placement and

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CD From Hell: Netopil Blows Janácek

David Hurwitz

Tomás Netopil bills himself as a Janácek specialist, and maybe

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CD From Hell: Gatti’s Deathly Dull Debussy

David Hurwitz

Can French orchestras still play French music? Not on evidence

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CD From Hell: Gamzou’s Garish Mahler 10th

David Hurwitz

Here is yet another pointless realization of Mahler’s Tenth. Yoel

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Turkeys!: Svetlanov Offers The Worst Ever Mahler Cycle

David Hurwitz

Weird when it isn’t just plain unmusical, horribly played, sung,

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

David Hurwitz

Kletzki made some fine Mahler recordings for EMI (Symphony No.

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CD From Hell: Erratic Nielsen from Davis and the LSO

David Hurwitz

There were some interesting moments in these performances that originally

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CD From Hell: Sinopoli’s Tired, Decadent Elgar Symphonies

David Hurwitz

Giuseppe Sinopoli could be too smart for his own good.

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CD From Hell: More Faux Elgar, For A Change

David Hurwitz

They’re at it again. Just as Elgar may have stopped

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Under The Radar: Ormandy’s Stunning Delius and Vaughan Williams

David Hurwitz October 26, 2025

Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor/Elora

David Vernier October 26, 2025

Vaughan Williams: Wasps, etc/Handley

David Hurwitz October 26, 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