At least one part of 19th-century Viennese critic Eduard Hanslick’s […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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05.05.2025

Reference Recording: Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto--Argerich Rules - Classics Today

This is just a ridiculously great performance of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. No collection should be without it.

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05.05.2025

Historical Gems: Milstein Plays Tchaikovsky and Dvorák - Classics Today

Here are two great mono recordings featuring violin virtuoso Nathan Milstein in two of his most iconic concerto interpretations.

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28.04.2025

A Big Bad Box of Gergiev - Classics Today

This twelve-disc set contains an unfortunate number of performances of […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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21.04.2025

Reference Recording: Busoni's Monumental Piano Concerto - Classics Today

Busoni’s fascinating, mammoth Piano Concerto no longer can claim to […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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21.04.2025

The Oistrakh Box to End All Oistrakh Boxes - Classics Today

Behold the David Oistrakh Warner Remastered Edition, the Oistrakh box […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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07.04.2025

Big Boxes: Prokofiev Symphonies and Concertos from Naxos - Classics Today

This box is a terrific deal. Having had the opportunity […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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07.04.2025

CD From Hell: Gergiev's Latest Prokofiev Just Plain Sucks - Classics Today

What on earth has happened to Valery Gergiev? His last […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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07.04.2025

Filling in the Gaps: Two Rare Prokofiev Ballets - Classics Today

Neither of these ballets receives regular performance on stage or […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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07.04.2025

CD From Hell: Martinon's Hapless Prokofiev 5 & 7 - Classics Today

Sadly, this disc is a non-starter. Jean Martinon, great as […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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31.03.2025

CD From Hell: Rattle Gets Lost on An Imaginary Haydn Journey - Classics Today

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31.03.2025

Reference Recording: Jochum's Classic Haydn--The 12 London Symphonies - Classics Today

This slim “Collector’s Edition” five-CD box of Haydn Symphonies is […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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24.03.2025

CD From Hell: Boulez' Strauss/Mahler Pairing Is All Toten and No Feier - Classics Today

Pierre Boulez never has shown any particular affinity for the […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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24.03.2025

CD From Hell: Boulez's Worst Debussy and Ravel - Classics Today

The concept looks great, but the execution leaves much to […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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24.03.2025

Boulez's Best Bartók - Classics Today

Boulez's best Bartók in a convenient bargain box.

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10.03.2025

St. Gallen's Lovely, Lively Bach Continues - Classics Today

There’s a trajectory to worshiping Bach, namely that by the […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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04.03.2025

Filling in the Gaps: Rossini & Verdi Overtures from Abbado - Classics Today

With its qualities of intelligent, impassioned conducting married to polished […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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04.03.2025

Remarkable Reicha Quartets (Video Review) - Classics Today

Please click below for the video review. The Bottom Line: […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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04.03.2025

Naxos' Rossini Overture Edition Complete - Classics Today

This volume completes Naxos’ very enjoyable four-disc set of the […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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25.02.2025

Major Discoveries: Boccherini's Touching, Expressive Stabat Mater - Classics Today

There are two versions of Boccherini’s Stabat Mater, one for […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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25.02.2025

Major Discoveries: Boccherini's Op. 26 "Little" Quartets - Classics Today

Boccherini divided his quartet output into two categories, “big” works […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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25.02.2025

Historical Gems: Boccherini Quintets, Vol. 1 - Classics Today

In his booklet notes to Testament’s luscious reissues of the […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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19.02.2025

Reference Recording: Poulenc Complete Works - Classics Today

There are two major reasons to own this set. The […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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27.01.2025

Big Boxes: Mackerras Delivers A Near Miss In Telarc Mozart Symphonies - Classics Today

These performances feature swift tempos, beautiful playing, and informed performance […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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27.01.2025

CD From Hell: Hogwood's Mozart Fading Fast - Classics Today

In its day, this was an exciting series. Aside from […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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27.01.2025

Big Boxes: Fischer's Mozart Complete Symphonies - Classics Today

There is some controversy about just how many symphonies Mozart […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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20.01.2025

Major Discoveries: The Six Tcherepnin Piano Concertos - Classics Today

Alexander Tcherepnin was a very good composer, and his six […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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13.01.2025

Reference Recording: Fricsay's Epic Háry János - Classics Today

This is it: the ultimate Kodály disc.

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13.01.2025

Big Boxes/Warner's 2024 Puccini Edition - Classics Today

In 2008 EMI (now Warner Classics) marked the 150th anniversary […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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13.01.2025

Big Boxes: DG’s Complete Fricsay Edition, Vol. 2 - Classics Today

It is fortunate that the tragically short-lived conductor Ferenc Fricsay’s […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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13.01.2025

Fricsay's Posthumous "Pathétique" - Classics Today

Fricsay's posthumously released Tchaikovsky 6th is one for the ages.

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13.01.2025

Big Boxes: Podium Brilliance from DG’s Complete Fricsay Edition Vol. 1 - Classics Today

Ferenc Fricsay’s tragically early death at 48 from stomach cancer […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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17.12.2024

Big Boxes: Jorge Bolet's Complete Decca Recordings - Classics Today

In many respects Jorge Bolet (1914-1990) was an outlier, a […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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09.12.2024

Major Discoveries: Martinu Chamber Music With Flute - Classics Today

Martinu’s flute music has become very popular, and is well […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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09.12.2024

Major Discoveries: Martinu's Ballet "The Shadow" - Classics Today

This early ballet (1916), which plays for a bit over […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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09.12.2024

Belohlávek Finally Gets His Martinu Symphonies Right - Classics Today

Before this release, there were two great Martinu symphony cycles: […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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02.12.2024

A Bittersweet Big Box of 20th Century Boulez - Classics Today

Most all of this material has been reissued previously, but […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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02.12.2024

Big Boxes: DG's Patchy Sibelius Edition - Classics Today

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02.12.2024

Big Boxes: Ormandy's Almost Complete Sibelius - Classics Today

Why is it that BMG/Sony or whatever they are called […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

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Slatkin's Outstanding Tchaikovsky Ballets - Classics Today

CD From Hell: Mutter Kills Tchaikovsky and Korngold, Seriously - Classics Today

Reference Recording: Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto--Argerich Rules - Classics Today

Historical Gems: Milstein Plays Tchaikovsky and Dvorák - Classics Today

A Big Bad Box of Gergiev - Classics Today

Reference Recording: Busoni's Monumental Piano Concerto - Classics Today

The Oistrakh Box to End All Oistrakh Boxes - Classics Today

Big Boxes: Prokofiev Symphonies and Concertos from Naxos - Classics Today

CD From Hell: Gergiev's Latest Prokofiev Just Plain Sucks - Classics Today

Filling in the Gaps: Two Rare Prokofiev Ballets - Classics Today

CD From Hell: Martinon's Hapless Prokofiev 5 & 7 - Classics Today

CD From Hell: Rattle Gets Lost on An Imaginary Haydn Journey - Classics Today

Reference Recording: Jochum's Classic Haydn--The 12 London Symphonies - Classics Today

CD From Hell: Boulez' Strauss/Mahler Pairing Is All Toten and No Feier - Classics Today

CD From Hell: Boulez's Worst Debussy and Ravel - Classics Today

Boulez's Best Bartók - Classics Today

St. Gallen's Lovely, Lively Bach Continues - Classics Today

Filling in the Gaps: Rossini & Verdi Overtures from Abbado - Classics Today

Remarkable Reicha Quartets (Video Review) - Classics Today

Naxos' Rossini Overture Edition Complete - Classics Today

Major Discoveries: Boccherini's Touching, Expressive Stabat Mater - Classics Today

Major Discoveries: Boccherini's Op. 26 "Little" Quartets - Classics Today

Historical Gems: Boccherini Quintets, Vol. 1 - Classics Today

Reference Recording: Poulenc Complete Works - Classics Today

Big Boxes: Mackerras Delivers A Near Miss In Telarc Mozart Symphonies - Classics Today

CD From Hell: Hogwood's Mozart Fading Fast - Classics Today

Big Boxes: Fischer's Mozart Complete Symphonies - Classics Today

Major Discoveries: The Six Tcherepnin Piano Concertos - Classics Today

Reference Recording: Fricsay's Epic Háry János - Classics Today

Big Boxes/Warner's 2024 Puccini Edition - Classics Today

Big Boxes: DG’s Complete Fricsay Edition, Vol. 2 - Classics Today

Fricsay's Posthumous "Pathétique" - Classics Today

Big Boxes: Podium Brilliance from DG’s Complete Fricsay Edition Vol. 1 - Classics Today

Big Boxes: Jorge Bolet's Complete Decca Recordings - Classics Today

Major Discoveries: Martinu Chamber Music With Flute - Classics Today

Major Discoveries: Martinu's Ballet "The Shadow" - Classics Today

Belohlávek Finally Gets His Martinu Symphonies Right - Classics Today

A Bittersweet Big Box of 20th Century Boulez - Classics Today

Big Boxes: DG's Patchy Sibelius Edition - Classics Today

Big Boxes: Ormandy's Almost Complete Sibelius - Classics Today

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