Cult Conductors

Cult Conductors: Walter’s Youthful Valedictory Mahler 2

David Hurwitz

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Video Review: Munch’s Ultimate Coriolan Overture

David Hurwitz

Please click HERE or on the image for the video review,

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Cult Conductors: Abendroth’s Mostly Great 1951 Beethoven Ninth

David Hurwitz

Hermann Abendroth was supposed to be the avatar of a

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Cult Conductors: Bruno Walter’s Perfect Columbia Symphony “Pastoral”

David Hurwitz

In their biography of Bruno Walter, Erik Ryding and Rebecca

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Cult Conductors: Mravinsky and Shostakovich’s Much Maligned 12th

David Hurwitz

Like most of us, I had very little patience for

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Cult Conductors: Stoki’s Looniest Wagner CD

David Hurwitz

This wonderfully insane disc belongs in every Wagner collection, most

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Cult Conductors: Scherchen’s Most Insane Haydn Disc Ever

David Hurwitz

It goes without saying that when Universal put together their

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Cult Conductors: Scherchen Butchers The Suite From Mahler’s Fifth

David Hurwitz

This legendary release captures a 1965 live performance of Mahler’s

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Cult Conductors: Is The Beecham Scheherazade Really All That?

David Hurwitz

For decades now we’ve been hearing British critics chortle with

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Cult Conductors: Revisiting Furtwängler’s Notorious Nazi Ninth

David Hurwitz

Well, here it is again, Furtwängler’s despicable 1942 Beethoven Ninth,

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Litton Delivers Highly Polished Copland

David Hurwitz November 23, 2025

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HIstorical Gems: Copland Conducts Copland On Everest

David Hurwitz November 23, 2025

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Reference Recording: Gould and Copland Conduct Themselves

David Hurwitz November 23, 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