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CD From Hell: A Goodallful Bruckner Eighth

David Hurwitz

Reginald Goodall’s Bruckner Eighth operates at two levels: dead, and […]

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CD From Hell: Solti’s Dismal Schubert “Great”

David Hurwitz

How this driven, joyless bow-wow of a Schubert performance joined

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CD From Hell: The Horenstein Horror Show Continues with Shostakovich and Janácek

Jed Distler

Until now, hardcore Jascha Horenstein fans have had to pay

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CD From Hell: Kofman’s Totally Lame Shostakovich Tenth

David Hurwitz

The Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn is not one of Germany’s

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CD From Hell: Mozart’s (Drag) Queen of the Night

David Hurwitz

The fact that something is old does not make it

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CD From Hell: Rachmaninov’s Phony Baloney Piano Concerto No. 5

David Hurwitz

The world has not exactly been clamoring for another piano

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CD From Hell: Maw’s Just Plain Awful Violin Concerto

David Hurwitz

Your reaction to this premiere performance of Nicholas Maw’s Violin

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CD From Hell: Boult’s Sexless Rachmaninov Third

David Hurwitz

There’s a hilarious scene in “Sex and the City” where

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CD From Hell: Barto’s Odious Ravel

Jed Distler

Tzimon Barto may not be the most odious Ravel pianist

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CD From Hell: The World’s Cheesiest Piano Concerto

David Hurwitz

Héraclius Djabadary (1891-1937) was a Georgian composer who allegedly showed

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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1-15; Jazz Suites, etc from Jansons

Victor Carr Jr September 22, 2024

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Reference Recording: Shostakovich Chamber Symphonies

Victor Carr Jr September 22, 2024

Shostakovich Symphonies 1-3 On A Single Disc

David Hurwitz September 22, 2024

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