The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz
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Enjoy more than 6,000 videos featuring critic David Hurwitz, founder and Executive Editor of ClassicsToday.com, covering the best and worst classical music recordings, as well as commentary and discussion of all things classical. This is classical music for pleasure, without the usual snobbery and "high culture" BS. Check out conveniently organized playlists for beginners and aficionados alike, grouping videos by composer, work type, ideal recording lists, historical period--everything you need to enrich your knowledge, satisfy your curiosity and have a great time listening. A music critic for more than three decades, David Hurwitz holds MA degrees from Johns Hopkins and Stanford Universities. Hurwitz is the author of more than a dozen books on composers such as Mozart, Mahler, Sibelius, Haydn, Dvorák, Brahms, Beethoven, Shostakovich, R. Strauss Bernstein, Handel, C.P.E. Bach, and Mendelssohn. His musicological articles have been published in noted scholarly journals as well.
Review: Barenboim's Beethoven Sonatas Reconsidered
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 14K views · 7 months ago
Review: Neeme Järvi's Stupendous Chandos Shostakovich In A Box
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 7K views · 18 hours ago
Repertoire: The BEST Strauss Sinfonia Domestica
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 5.8K views · 16 hours ago
Repertoire: The IDEAL Chopin Works for Piano Solo
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 35K views · 5 years ago
Review: Zubin Mehta's Truly Admirable "Philharmonic" Edition on Decca
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 10K views · 1 month ago
Review: The Very Patchy Rest of Haitink on 31 Decca CDs
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 7.2K views · 3 days ago
Review: Cristina Ortiz Gets A Well-Deserved Box Of Her Own
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 5.7K views · 1 day ago
Ripe for Reissue: Michael Gielen's Mahler Cycle
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 4.5K views · 3 months ago
Repertoire: The BEST and WORST Bruckner Symphony Cycles
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 118K views · 5 years ago
Repertoire: The BEST Bruckner Fourth Symphony "Romantic"
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 52K views · 6 years ago
Repertoire: The BEST Bax Symphony Cycle
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 10K views · 3 years ago
How to Listen to Classical Music: The Basics
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 37K views · 4 years ago
Music Chat: Why "Classical" Music Is Greater Than All Other Kinds
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 20K views · 2 years ago
Review: Runnicles' Mahler Fifth--Balm for the Mahlerian Soul
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 6.9K views · 1 month ago
10 Really Disappointing Recordings by Major Conductors
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 20K views · 4 days ago
Review: Miraculous Mozart Violin Sonatas from Tiberghien and Ibragimova
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 7K views · 5 days ago
Repertoire: The BEST Tchaikovsky Sixth Symphony "Pathétique"
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 69K views · 4 years ago
Review: A Very Worthwhile Sweelinck Collection from Brilliant Classics
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 5.3K views · 13 days ago
Why Classical Music Only Gets Better On Repetition: A Chat for Beginners
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 9K views · 1 year ago
Rimsky-Korsakov: Essential Works for Beginners
The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz · 4.5K views · 4 months ago