Featured New Releases for
December 30, 2014

The soul enigma's first album in 14 years is bristly, bracing, and more outward-looking than his first two classics.

— Andy Kellman

A couple club cuts and some mixtape-type numbers diversify the album, but otherwise this is a superior and weighty breakup effort.

— David Jeffries

The singer/songwriter keeps more of the swagger she gave to Icona Pop and Iggy Azalea for herself, with fizzy, fun results.

— Heather Phares

Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel give Rameau's Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour a brilliant period-style performance.

— Blair Sanderson

Fagioli gets excellent support from the Academia Montis Regalis under de Marchi on this release that can be recommended for pure melodic beauty.

— James Manheim

The nostalgic tone of several of these is understandable, making a good counterpoint to the songs in more modern styles.

— James Manheim

As performed by Florian Boesch, Schubert's Schwanengesang lacks Die Taubenpost, but includes five lieder on texts by Goethe.

— Blair Sanderson

It's a simple, compact fusion of the two national tastes, and it's worth hearing for any fan of Baroque orchestral music.

— James Manheim

Anderszewski explicates the deep contrapuntal thinking embedded at a profound level in these ostensible pieces of dance music. Strongly recommended.

— James Manheim