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Under The Radar: Great Symphonies by Bizet & Saint-Saëns

David Hurwitz

For years Philips has witlessly reissued, over and over, Edo […]

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Under The Radar: Gibson’s Ebullient Water Music

David Hurwitz

The period performance movement has so come to dominate the

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Reference Recording: RVW Tallis Fantasia and 4th Symphony–Silvestri and Berglund

David Hurwitz

Every so often the major labels do something so intelligent

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Under The Radar: Ormandy’s Stunning Delius and Vaughan Williams

David Hurwitz

Let’s cut right to the chase: Ormandy’s Tallis Fantasia is

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Schubert’s Ninth: Which Wand?

David Hurwitz

Günter Wand recorded Schubert’s Ninth (officially) three times: in Cologne,

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Solti’s Brahms Cycle: His Finest Achievement?

David Hurwitz

Georg Solti’s career on disc was a spotty one despite

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Under The Radar: Stunning Beethoven from the Young Maazel

Victor Carr Jr

More than anything this performance of Symphony No. 5 is

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Under The Radar: Ozawa’s Unfairly Dismissed Ravel

David Hurwitz

This set can’t seem to get a break. When it

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Under The Radar: Blomstedt’s Stellar Beethoven Still Shines

David Hurwitz

Yes, it’s back for the billionth time, but it’s still

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Under The Radar: Raw, Visceral Mussorgsky from Naxos

David Hurwitz

These brilliant, hard-driving performances bring back (happy) memories of Russian

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Ravishing Radu Lupu Rarities

Jed Distler June 30, 2024

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Big Boxes: Killer Bernard Herrmann On Phase 4

David Hurwitz June 29, 2024

Bernard Herrmann’s Snows And 5 Fingers

Victor Carr Jr June 29, 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