Lately it seems like every year, when I look back on my favorite classical albums, I always think, "Well, let's face it: It's been a pretty cruel year, and this is the music that helped get me through ...

To say we were spoilt for choice in choosing 10 classical recordings from 2025 for your Christmas stocking would be putting it mildly. Despite the endlessly repeated prophecies of the “death of ...

Recent works by Gabriela Ortiz, choral music by David Lang and unreleased recordings by Radu Lupu are among our selections.

Apple Music Classical, the dedicated Apple app for fans of classical music, is launching a new top 100 chart. It will showcase the top 100 classical albums, using data sources even beyond the app ...

After early years of study, Moravian (Czech) composer Pavel Vranický (1756-1808) moved to Vienna where he would become a central figure of the city's musical life. He was music director of two royal ...

While I don’t subscribe to the belief that classical music should be embraced as a kind of aural sedative for harried hearts and minds, concert halls do provide a place to turn off your phone and ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

Few things are more depressing for classical music lovers than the classical recording charts. Your eye roams despairingly down the endless lists of crossover and ambient pap, looking for something ...