CD From Hell

CD from Hell: Beethoven Knob-Fiddling

Jens F. Laurson

Didn’t Glenn Gould tell us that a child’s fiddling with […]

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CD From Hell: Bezuidenhout Badly Botches Beethoven (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: This is atrocious.

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CD From Hell: Bellucci’s Baffling Beethoven

Jed Distler

Sometime in early 2000 I received for review a remarkable

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CD From Hell: Immerseel’s Clunky and Prosaic Beethoven

Jed Distler

As a Beethoven fortepianist, Jos Van Immerseel never attained the

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CD From Hell: Rouvali Tippy-Toes Through Sibelius 2

David Hurwitz

There’s something vaguely surreal about being stuck at home during

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CD From Hell: Barbirolli’s Spasmodic Sibelius Cycle

David Hurwitz

With Warner set to issue a big Barbirolli box containing

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CD From Hell: Evan Johnson’s Sound Installation (With Sadistic Toy Piano)

Jens F. Laurson

Amid the sea of beautiful, intelligent, vigorous contemporary music, which

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CD From Hell: A Haydn Cycle Sinks To New Lows

Jed Distler

My colleague David Hurwitz has covered Hyperion’s ongoing Haydn cycle,

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CD From Hell: Walter’s Godawful Vienna Mahler Ninth

David Hurwitz

Every first recording of a major work has historic interest,

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CD From Hell: Teutonic, Prosaic Schubert & Liszt Sonatas

Jed Distler

Many years back I was fortunate enough to acquire a

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A Big Bad Box of Gergiev

David Hurwitz April 27, 2025

Tchaikovsky and Myaskovsky: Violin Concertos with Repin

David Hurwitz April 27, 2025

Myaskovsky: Symphonies 24 & 25

David Hurwitz April 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