Filling In The Gaps

Filling In The Gaps: Rudolf Kerer Revisited

Jed Distler

American piano connoisseurs may be fleetingly aware of Rudolf Kerer […]

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Video Review: Naxos’ Complete Beethoven Edition 90-CD Box

David Hurwitz

Click HERE for video, or on the screen below, and please

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Reference Recording: Végh’s Immortal Mozart Serenades and Divertimentos

David Hurwitz

This set offers 10 CDs of pure joy. It already

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Reference Recording: Finally, A Great Beethoven Triple

Jed Distler

Beethoven’s Triple Concerto works best when played like a svelte,

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Reynaldo Hahn’s Complete Songs

Jed Distler

Reynaldo Hahn’s contributions to the French art song tradition may

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A Major Anton Rubinstein Four-Hand Rarity

Jed Distler

As much as I appreciated the performances by Sara Bartolucci

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Hindemith’s Die Harmonie der Welt: Great Music, So-So Opera

David Hurwitz

The importance of this release can’t be overestimated: the first

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Filling In The Gaps: Handel’s Glorious Occasional Oratorio

Jens F. Laurson

George Frideric Handel’s Occasional Oratorio—essentially a pastiche cantata—was meant to

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Big Boxes: A Lotta Great Handel Cantatas

David Hurwitz

There’s nothing more heartbreaking in surveying the current state of

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Jandó Plays Haydn Menuetti

David Hurwitz

The major work here is Haydn’s deliciously funny Fantasia (Capriccio) in C major of 1789, a sort of Scarlatti sonata on steroids. Jandó plays it

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Reference Recording: Engeset’s Complete Grieg, and Then Some

David Hurwitz June 29, 2025

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Grieg’s Gorgeous Music for Strings on SACD

David Hurwitz June 29, 2025

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Reference Recording: Pellucid Grieg Violin Sonatas from Amoyal and Chiu

David Hurwitz June 29, 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