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Reference Recording: Bach for All Time(s)

David Vernier

Is there ever a wrong time to listen to the […]

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Major Discoveries: W.F. Bach’s Nifty Cantatas

David Vernier

Entirely too little attention has been given in our time

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Bach’s Pupils Shine In Sacred Motets

David Vernier

The idea to make a program of music composed by

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Big Boxes: Lord, Have Percy! Chandos’ Complete Grainger Edition

Jed Distler

In 2021, amid the COVID pandemic, Chandos honored Australian composer

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Cult Conductors: Walter’s Youthful Valedictory Mahler 2

David Hurwitz

Individual Sony titles imported from Japan are showing up on

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Big Boxes: Killer Bernard Herrmann On Phase 4

David Hurwitz

These iconic recordings, featuring seven CDs of Herrmann conducting his

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Major Discoveries: Rutter’s Orchestral Works, Including the Beatles Concerto

David Hurwitz

John Rutter a composer of orchestral music? Who knew? Actually,

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Major Discoveries: Foss Symphonies, At Last

David Hurwitz

Lukas Foss was a tremendously talented and eclectic composer. His

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Reference Recording: Cluytens’ Fauré Requiem, With A Debussy Chaser

David Hurwitz

This is an odd coupling, but it does restore to

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Big Boxes: Mounds of Marriner

Jed Distler

To mark Neville Marriner’s 2024 centenary Warner Classics has brought

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Historical Gems: Talich Conducts Smetana and Dvorák Live in 1939

David Hurwitz September 7, 2025

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Under The Radar: Suitner’s Dvorák Eighth Plus Overtures

David Hurwitz September 7, 2025

Very Good Dvorák Eighth, Amazing Golden Spinning Wheel

David Hurwitz September 7, 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