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		<title>DANIEL OKRENT&#8217;S NEW BIOGRAPHY &#8220;STEPHEN SONDHEIM: ART ISN’T EASY&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 01:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[STEPHEN SONDHEIM: ART ISN’T EASY By Daniel Okrent Yale University Press  (Jewish Lives) Stephen Sondheim’s shows never ran as long or as widely as “Cats,” “Evita” and “Phantom of the Opera,” by Andrew Lloyd Webber , “Les Miserables” by Claude-Michel Schönberg or “A Chorus Line” by Marvin Hamlisch.  And yet few would doubt his primacy in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>TIM PAGE EXPLAINS: NOT ALL &#8220;CLASSICS&#8221; ARE PERFECT MASTERPIECES</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Page]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking about flawed works lately – pieces that contain so much that is marvelous and valuable that we would not want to be without them, but still make for some dull moments along the way. For example, of all the great works for solo singers, chorus and orchestras that flourished in the first [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tim Page on Michael Steinberg&#8217;s Anthology &#8220;Defending the Music&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Page]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What do we want from a great music critic? Knowledge, eloquence, independence, a gift for taking us into the experience of music through a distinguished mind&#8211;and perhaps some wit. One of the best exponents of this combination of qualities was the late Michael Steinberg (1928-2009), whose newspaper work has now been gathered by Susan Feder, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ELIM CHAN CONDUCTS THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC IN KOIDE, SAINT-SAËNS AND PROKOFIEV</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor Carr Jr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 17:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, N.Y.; May 27th, 2026 Guest conductor Elim Chan was recently appointed Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, making her the first woman to head a &#8220;major&#8221; American symphony orchestra (although both Marin Alsop and JoAnn Falletta might have something to say about that). A diminutive figure, she strode to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>LP Liner Notes: An Affectionate Recollection&#8211;And Tribute&#8211;By Tim Page</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Page]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 03:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All critics make mistakes and I proved a sorry prognosticator when I wrote a “defense” of the LP record for The New York Times in 1985. “The great Heifetz, Rubinstein, Gould and Furtwangler performances will make it to CD; some of them are already available. But hold on to your Johanna Martzy disks, your Irma [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met&#8217;s Hoffmann</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Levine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met&#8217;s Hoffmann Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; Oct 24, 2024 Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann is a nasty work. Despite its underpinning of scintillating, witty music, even in the Prologue, when we are with Hoffmann&#8217;s fellow students, there is an evil figure lurking who is out to harm him. He reappears [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RIP David Vernier, Editor-in-Chief</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hurwitz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 16:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com&#8217;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 few days before we had been texting back and forth, and although he complained about discomfort from his chemotherapy treatments, he seemed to be doing fine. A few days later, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Finally, It&#8217;s SIR John</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 04:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 to Christmas, received the award of a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours, for services to music. Rutter, 78, and his music have been a significant presence since at least [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tanglewood On Parade: Celebrating Seiji!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 04:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This year’s Tanglewood on Parade, a much-anticipated tradition that dates to 1940, will celebrate the life and legacy of the BSO’s beloved Music Director Laureate, Seiji Ozawa, who died last February at the age of 88. A musical genius and thoughtful humanitarian, Ozawa was the BSO’s longest-serving conductor, holding the title of Music Director for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>PARMA Recordings Acquires Albany Records</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 02:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[April 24, 2024—GRAMMY®-winning production house PARMA Recordings announced today its acquisition of Albany Records. The classical label is welcomed as a new member of the PARMA family, with PARMA assuming responsibility for Albany operations and catalog administration. Albany’s catalog will be available alongside releases from PARMA’s Navona, Ravello, Big Round, and Ansonica Record labels. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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