Enjoy more than 4,000 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.