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Reference Recording: Poulenc Complete Works

David Hurwitz

There are two major reasons to own this set. The […]

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Big Boxes: Mackerras Delivers A Near Miss In Telarc Mozart Symphonies

David Hurwitz

These performances feature swift tempos, beautiful playing, and informed performance

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CD From Hell: Hogwood’s Mozart Fading Fast

David Hurwitz

In its day, this was an exciting series. Aside from

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Big Boxes: Fischer’s Mozart Complete Symphonies

David Hurwitz

There is some controversy about just how many symphonies Mozart

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Major Discoveries: The Six Tcherepnin Piano Concertos

David Hurwitz

Alexander Tcherepnin was a very good composer, and his six

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Classic Recordings of American Symphonic Music

David Hurwitz

This one’s easy. Here is one of the finest recordings

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Big Boxes/Warner’s 2024 Puccini Edition

Jed Distler

In 2008 EMI (now Warner Classics) marked the 150th anniversary

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Fricsay’s Posthumous “Pathétique”

David Hurwitz

Ferenc Fricsay died before approving this performance for release, and

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Reference Recording: Fricsay’s Epic Háry János

David Hurwitz

Kodály’s Háry János Suite is a difficult work to perform

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Big Boxes: DG’s Complete Fricsay Edition, Vol. 2

Jed Distler

It is fortunate that the tragically short-lived conductor Ferenc Fricsay’s

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An Exciting New Recording Of Shostakovich’s Stepan Razin

David Hurwitz September 28, 2025

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Reference Recording: Shostakovich 5 and 9 with Bernstein

Luca Sabbatini September 28, 2025

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Historical Gems: Stokowski’s Yummy Dvorák & RVW

David Hurwitz September 14, 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