Distinctive and Different

A Tale of Two Liszt Sonatas

Jed Distler

Paul Badura-Skoda’s repertoire stretches far and beyond the central Austro/German […]

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Saygun’s Fresh and Distinctive Quartets

Jed Distler

Having surveyed Ahmed Adnan Saygun’s symphonies, CPO turns to the

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Major Discoveries: Brouwer Channels the Beatles

David Hurwitz

Cuban composer Leo Brouwer occupies an interesting niche in the

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Julius Eastman’s Zürich Concert

Jed Distler

I previously reviewed “Unjust Malaise”, New World’s three-disc collection devoted

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Mayr’s Miserere & Loretan Litany

David Vernier

Giovanni Simone Mayr, also known by his German name Johann

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Heroic Fassbaender Survives Kindertotenlieder with Celibidache

David Hurwitz

Brigitte Fassbaender deserves a medal for not just getting through

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Distinctive and Different: The Abbado-Terfel Falstaff

Robert Levine

Rather than the slightly overweight, everything-underlined, very broadly comic approach

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Hamelin and Andsnes Deliver A Knockout Rite On Two Pianos

David Hurwitz

First a threshold question: Is there any point in listening

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Fischer’s Beautiful, Personal Mahler First Symphony

David Hurwitz

The playing on this disc is so beautiful that it

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Samson François’ Idiosyncratic Debussy & Ravel

Jed Distler

Samson François recorded all of Ravel’s piano music and completed

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Villazon and Mozart–A Better Than Expected Match

Robert Levine January 3, 2026

Masterful Mozart From Christian Blackshaw

Jed Distler January 3, 2026

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Filling in the Gaps: Mozart’s Thamos, King of Egypt

David Hurwitz January 3, 2026

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