The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz

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Subscribers78.0K
Views per video4.3Kmedian of the last 30
Views per subscriber0.06how many actually watch
Comments per video30median
Uploads per month14.0
Last upload16d ago2026-09-20
Total views44M
Total videos6.1K
Long-form / Shorts35% / 0%

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What The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz makes

Topics classical music, music critique, music history, composers, music appreciation

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.

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Making Sense of Slow Movements (4): Sibelius' 5th Symphony2026-09-209631 min
The 10 Greatest Symphonic Scherzos2026-09-201.1K23 min
Hyperio's Romantic Piano Concertos: Demidenko Plays Chopin2026-09-201.4K7 min
Review: A Very Worthwhile Sweelinck Collection from Brilliant Classics2026-09-193.7K9 min
Making Sense of Slow Movements (3) Bruckner's 7th Symphony2026-09-194.3K44 min
Handel! Random Reviews from the Overflow Room 41)2026-09-192.3K7 min
Making Sense of Slow Movements (2): Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Finale)2026-09-185.0K43 min
Review: More Unnecessary (But VERY Pretty) Brahms, From Nagano This Time2026-09-185.1K6 min
Handel! (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room 40)2026-09-182.4K7 min
Book Review: Carl Seashore's Seminal Treatise "The Vibrato" Available Again2026-09-174.3K14 min

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