Historical Gems

Historical Gems: A Grandly Communicative Live Messiaen Vingt Regards

Jed Distler

Pianist Jean-Rodolphe Kars made a handful of studio recordings for […]

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Big Boxes: Revisiting the Budapest String Quartet’s 1951/2 Beethoven Cycle

Jed Distler

Recorded in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress,

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Historical Gems: Pietro Scarpini’s Legendary Busoni Concerto, Finally On CD

Jed Distler

The pianist Pietro Scarpini (1911-1997) is not generally known outside

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Historical Gems: Arrau’s EMI Chopin Recital

Jed Distler

EMI first reissued Claudio Arrau’s 1960 Chopin Third Sonata and

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Furtwängler’s Newly Discovered Manfred Overture

David Hurwitz

None of these performances constitute essential Furtwängler, not even the

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Historical Gems: Ormandy Conducts Bluebeard’s Castle, And How!

David Hurwitz

This is a hoot. Who knew that in 1960, Eugene

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Historic Gems: Michelangeli’s 1965 Salzburg Recital

Jed Distler

These previously unreleased recordings of the Bach/Busoni Chaconne and the

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Historical Gems: Prime Jorge Bolet From Audite

Jed Distler

Collectors who know Jorge Bolet as the reserved and occasionally

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Historical Gems: Smetácek Conducts Dvorák, Glazunov and Gershwin (!)

David Hurwitz

Recently I have had many occasions to remark on the

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Kubelik’s Bruckner 9 Stunner

David Hurwitz

Reviewers Note: One of the great things about running a

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Richard Strauss: Ägyptische Helena/Voigt/Botstein

Robert Levine June 8, 2025

Richard Strauss: Orchestra works/Zinman

Jed Distler June 8, 2025

Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Live ’55/Böhm

Robert Levine June 8, 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