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 classical recording” the industry gives the impression of ...

Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprise

We take a look at the arias, movements, songs and dances whose fame has outshone the larger works in which they first appeared

‘11,000 Strings,’ ‘The Comet/Poppea,’ and ‘The Monkey King’ trace their brilliance to Columbia faculty members.

Naysayers be damned. Classical music on record continues to thrive, or so it seems judging from the plethora of boxed sets that have come our way this year. As ever, milestone birthdays were celebrated, even as some big ones (like Bruckner’s 200th and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. No one needs reminding that 2025 began in an L.A. aflame. Musicians didn’t escape the fires, especially in Altadena. Concerts were canceled but then became events of ...

Gustavo Dudamel launches the fall season with a world premiere by the Hawaiian composer Leilehua Lanzilotti and Charles Ives’s panorama of Americana, the Symphony No. 2. Yunchan Lim joins in for Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto. Michael Chabon’s ...

Julia Wolfe’s UnEarth will be on at the Barbican in January - Barbican As the winter evenings draw in, music becomes a solace as well as a pleasure. So far this year we’ve enjoyed a Proms season for the ages as well as musical tributes to those ...

Find out why a live classical concert changes you completely. Your brain, body, and emotions react differently than you ever expected.