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Reference Recording: A Great Box Of Suk

David Hurwitz

[A re-post, in memoriam Libor Pešek, 1933-2022] These are excellent […]

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Great, Great, Great Dvorák Trios From The Tetzlaffs and Vogt

David Hurwitz

[This is a re-post in memory of Lars Vogt, who

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Say what you will about Harnoncourt’s sometimes weird interpretive profile,

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André Previn’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

André Previn was such a “star” during his heyday that

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Zubin Mehta’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Zubin Mehta, now 86, has left a discography as distinguished

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Big Boxes: Gina Bachauer’s Mercury Recordings

Jed Distler

Pianist Gina Bachauer’s association with the Mercury label between 1962

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George Szell’s 12 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

George Szell offers the most telling example of the ability

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Ab Uno, Multi

David Vernier

It’s not as if string quartets don’t already have plenty

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Reference Recording: Ormandy Celebrates Ives’ Holidays

David Hurwitz

Eugene Ormandy was a surprisingly dedicated Ives conductor, at least

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Sergiu Celibidache’s 5 (Not 10) Best Recordings–Twice As Slow, Half As Many

David Hurwitz

Romanian conductor and famed nutcase Sergiu Celibidache didn’t believe in

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Sterling Hindemith from Frank Peter Zimmermann

David Hurwitz November 22, 2024

A Dud of a Freischütz with Nilsson, Gedda

Robert Levine November 10, 2024

Weber: Der Freischütz in French

Robert Levine November 10, 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