the kaleidoscopic late-night aurora borealis light shows and in much soul-nourishing music that helped mitigate those low points in what remains a wild ride. The albums below were sources of joy ...

Calling it a climate change album would put its contribution too simplistically ... So much of Gyorgy Kurtag’s music exists in miniature form. Take, as examples, the “Kafka Fragments ...

The five most popular albums on Apple Music Classical in 2024 are: ‘Chopin: Études’, Yunchan Lim ‘Sleep’, Max Richter ‘Saint-Saëns’, Lang Lang, Gina Alice, Gewandhausorchester ...

The post 16 Classical Albums The National’s Bryce Dessner Thinks Everyone Should Own appeared first on Consequence. Rubbing elbows with icons of Western art music like Philip Glass and Steve ...

Western classical music is an unusual case ... American culture are all more or less oral traditions. Most pop songs can be taught through verbal communication (Play this chord, then that chord ...

The album Revolución Diamantina, with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is devoted to the music of Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz. The year 2024 was an emotional roller coaster ...

The 400th anniversary of Thomas Weelkes’s death last year may not have got the same attention as that of Byrd’s, but this album offers a suitably fine tribute to his varied and imaginative music. We ...