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CD From Hell: Norrington’s (Ob)noxious Haydn London Symphonies

David Hurwitz

Roger Norrington’s approach to Haydn couldn’t be at further remove […]

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CD From Hell: Currentzis Sweats Beethoven’s Seventh

David Hurwitz

After Teodor Currentzis’ atrocious, inhibited Beethoven Fifth, this Seventh sounds

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CD From Hell: Antonini’s Horrible Haydn “Farewell”

David Hurwitz

This disc is so bad that I’m reviewing it twice,

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Kristjan Järvi’s Ugly Sleeping Beauty

Victor Carr Jr

Admittedly, the complete version of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty ballet, despite its glorious beauty, is a tough sell beyond aficionados. Tchaikovsky himself never imagined anyone would

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CD From Hell: Another Dismal Prokofiev 5th

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: Why is this symphony so hard to

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Alexander “Brail-lousy” Plays Chopin

Jed Distler

This Sony Masters 5-CD budget box brings together all of

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The Doric Disses Haydn’s Op. 33

David Hurwitz

Listening to these quartets was an education of sorts. Recently, I added a video to my YouTube channel listing my Haydn “ideal” quartet cycle, with

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CD from Hell: Beethoven Knob-Fiddling

Jens F. Laurson

Didn’t Glenn Gould tell us that a child’s fiddling with

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CD From Hell: Bezuidenhout Badly Botches Beethoven (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: This is atrocious.

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CD From Hell: Bellucci’s Baffling Beethoven

Jed Distler

Sometime in early 2000 I received for review a remarkable

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Reference Recording: Jochum’s Classic Haydn–The 12 London Symphonies

Dan Davis March 30, 2025

Meyers and Miller Soar in Daugherty’s “Blue Electra”

David Hurwitz March 29, 2025

The Beethoven/Scharwenka Ninth

Jed Distler March 23, 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