/r/classicalmusic - top ten submissions for each month of 2025

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2025, June

Didn't know Shostakovich's feedback to conducto...

2065 Didn't know Shostakovich's feedback to conducto...

Is Debussy Prelude usually danced naked???

808 Is Debussy Prelude usually danced naked???

I was listening to "The Rite of Spring" the oth...

608 I was listening to "The Rite of Spring" the oth...

My "summer reading" came in today!

435 My "summer reading" came in today!

Mahler 9 with the Berlin Philharmonic

423 Mahler 9 with the Berlin Philharmonic

Every time I go to Paris, I need to visit you, ...

325 Every time I go to Paris, I need to visit you, ...

TIL that Schumann physically attacked Liszt (at...

283 TIL that Schumann physically attacked Liszt (at...

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s last rehearsal with the San...

195 Esa-Pekka Salonen’s last rehearsal with the San...

Dad's collection. Any ideas of what to do with it?

177 Dad's collection. Any ideas of what to do with it?

Is everyone else sick of classical radio?

169 Is everyone else sick of classical radio?

2025, May

Painful end to Mahler's 3rd at the Mahler Festival

719 Painful end to Mahler's 3rd at the Mahler Festival

Tonight I cried through almost an entire orches...

580 Tonight I cried through almost an entire orches...

47% of US orchestra musicians are from just 4 s...

433 47% of US orchestra musicians are from just 4 s...

It's been officially 185 years since the birth ...

373 It's been officially 185 years since the birth ...

sweet photo of Marina Mahler (Gustav's granddau...

343 sweet photo of Marina Mahler (Gustav's granddau...

I saw Holst "The Planets" live last night and l...

342 I saw Holst "The Planets" live last night and l...

Nashville Symphony Mahler 8 massive mistake dur...

318 Nashville Symphony Mahler 8 massive mistake dur...

Bach, Mahler

302 Bach, Mahler

Please forgive my ignorance but what instrument...

271 Please forgive my ignorance but what instrument...

What is the darkest piece of classical music yo...

263 What is the darkest piece of classical music yo...

2025, April

Inside a Stradivarius Violin

1309 Inside a Stradivarius Violin

I absolutely refuse to believe that Bach's pass...

1049 I absolutely refuse to believe that Bach's pass...

My tattoo inspired by my favorite piece

984 My tattoo inspired by my favorite piece

I finally coughed during a concert

627 I finally coughed during a concert

Remembering one of my favourite composers, Igor...

469 Remembering one of my favourite composers, Igor...

Any German nerds here? Show me your residence c...

365 Any German nerds here? Show me your residence c...

Why are conductors still allowed to behave unpr...

314 Why are conductors still allowed to behave unpr...

18 years ago, Elliot Carter apologized

234 18 years ago, Elliot Carter apologized

Handel and Hendrix House

193 Handel and Hendrix House

Peter Tork of the Monkees playing CPE Bach’s So...

166 Peter Tork of the Monkees playing CPE Bach’s So...

2025, March

I got a tattoo of the opera I was named after :)

2371 I got a tattoo of the opera I was named after :)

Today I learned that the grave of Grieg is a mo...

1830 Today I learned that the grave of Grieg is a mo...

"The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band forced t...

1665 "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band forced t...

Dismayed by Trump, the Star Pianist András Schi...

962 Dismayed by Trump, the Star Pianist András Schi...

rest in peace legendary composer Sofia Gubaidul...

950 rest in peace legendary composer Sofia Gubaidul...

Christian Tetzlaff cancels US tour for politica...

881 Christian Tetzlaff cancels US tour for politica...

Strad: Violinist Leonidas Kavakos ‘thrown off b...

480 Strad: Violinist Leonidas Kavakos ‘thrown off b...

Got to go to my first classical concert last year

470 Got to go to my first classical concert last year

Classical music audience shockingly poor etiquette

384 Classical music audience shockingly poor etiquette

Pretty proud of my daughter

365 Pretty proud of my daughter

2025, February

My 95-year-old grandad, Douglas Cook, playing D...

3187 My 95-year-old grandad, Douglas Cook, playing D...

I don’t see any posts celebrating Maestro of th...

1010 I don’t see any posts celebrating Maestro of th...

Scary news for the NSO

726 Scary news for the NSO

Meta-data display for classical music is a mess

687 Meta-data display for classical music is a mess

Hello to the guy in front of me at the symphony...

597 Hello to the guy in front of me at the symphony...

Young Dimitri Shostakovich

426 Young Dimitri Shostakovich

A sleeping Debussy

386 A sleeping Debussy

Found this in our local bazaar

271 Found this in our local bazaar

Houston’s Top Horn Musician Allegedly Harassed ...

257 Houston’s Top Horn Musician Allegedly Harassed ...

Wrote a little piano piece

231 Wrote a little piano piece

2025, January

My mum (red outline) performing with Yehudi Men...

1349 My mum (red outline) performing with Yehudi Men...

My first experience hearing a professional orch...

1141 My first experience hearing a professional orch...

Casual disagreement in a String quartet

532 Casual disagreement in a String quartet

One of the great passages from the violin conce...

456 One of the great passages from the violin conce...

Happy 88th birthday to the iconic Philip Glass ...

447 Happy 88th birthday to the iconic Philip Glass ...

Leopold Godowsky, Albert Einstein and Arnold Sc...

436 Leopold Godowsky, Albert Einstein and Arnold Sc...

Actual quotes by the great Mozart

434 Actual quotes by the great Mozart

This comment got me banned from Dave Hurwitz’s ...

394 This comment got me banned from Dave Hurwitz’s ...

It seems like Mahler was an artist as well as a...

330 It seems like Mahler was an artist as well as a...

Ludwig van Beethoven locomotive

322 Ludwig van Beethoven locomotive