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Riccardo Muti’s Ten Best Non-Operatic Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Riccardo Muti made many superb recordings, and yet I continue […]

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Big Boxes: Clemens Krauss Decca Legacy Reconsidered

Jed Distler

Although Clemens Krauss’ principal Decca recordings have been reissued on

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Big Boxes: Wilhelm Kempff’s Decca Legacy, Complete At Last

Jed Distler

Kempff’s Bach playing and Bach transcriptions add up to a

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Claudio Abbado’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Claudio Abbado’s career started with a bang and ended with

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Karel Ančerl’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Karel Ančerl’s life was marked by unimaginable tragedy. His wife

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Fritz Reiner’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Fritz Reiner was one of those egomaniacal, autocratic conductors who

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Rafael Kubelik’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

It took Rafael Kubelik a long time to “find himself”

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Big Boxes: Cécile Ousset’s Complete Warner Recordings

Jed Distler

Between 1982 and 1990, pianist Cécile Ousset recorded a number

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John Barbirolli’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

John Barbirolli was a much more versatile conductor than we

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Eugen Jochum’s Ten Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Eugen Jochum’s discography–or at least the majority of it–is very

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Netopil’s Janácek Fails To Impress–Again

David Hurwitz August 10, 2025

Gardner’s Successful Janácek Continues With Volume 2

David Hurwitz August 10, 2025

The Nightingale String Quartet Vagn Holmboe Cycle Continues

Jed Distler August 3, 2025

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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