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The Best Abbado Big Box on DG, Finally (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: Finally, DG has boxed up Claudio Abbado’s […]

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Big Boxes: An Enticing Mozart Piano Bargain

Jed Distler

Here are all of the Mozart recordings that pianist Christian

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Fabulous Music for Horn(s) and Orchestra from Ondine

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: Don’t let this terrific disc pass you

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Big Boxes: Pierre Barbizet–An Accompanist Up Front

Jed Distler

Collectors are mostly likely to know pianist Pierre Barbizet (1922-1990)

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Big Boxes: Buchbinder’s RCA Beethoven Cycle

Jed Distler

Rudolf Buchbinder’s second recorded cycle of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas

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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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A Beautiful Bělohlávek Box (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: Entitled “Recollection,” this very well curated boxed

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Big Boxes: Eloquence’s Complete Andor Foldes Edition

Jed Distler

Between 1951 and 1963 Deutsche Grammophon made a sizeable number

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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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Big Boxes: 100 Discs of Karl Richter (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: The Bach performances are legendary, and many

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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

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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
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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
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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