There are plenty of recordings of these Mahler song cycles, but Coote stands out from the crowd.
Reijnold Popma van Oevering may be obscure today, but his six keyboard suites likely influenced J.S. Bach's English Suites.
Using historical bows and gut strings, the Chiaroscuro Quartet emphasizes the experimental quality of this music with edgy performances.
The intrepid guitarist and his road band deliver four songs over 35 minutes that collectively communicate rock expressionism's dynamic interior.
The U.K. band's first album as a duo is a deeply emotive, finely articulated production, borne out of period of turmoil.
Based in California, the singer/songwriter's fourth album is sunny, emotionally rich, and packed with memorable tunes.
Striking and powerful third album from these leftist punks raises the stakes and provides rallying cries for troubled times.
The debut solo outing from Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers, Murmuration Nation is a bold, versatile, and often beautiful collection of globally inspired pop songs.
Bednall's music has aspects in common with the 1930s English "Romantic Moderns," yet might be better called Romantic Eclectic.
The art-rockers' Zeitgeist-inspired fourth LP captures escalating instability in high-contrast dance-rock.
After some time away from music, Rose returns with an epic, '80s-inspired record made with help from producer Jorge Elbrecht.
Recorded on three continents, this raucous gypsy punk outfit extend their trademark sound to embrace Tex-Mex, outlaw country, and borderland rock.
The second album in four months from Robert Pollard and Co. is a strong, smart set of muscular rock & roll.
The Heath Quartet plays the six string quartets of Béla Bartók with virtuosity and energy, though with a nervous edge in exposed passages.
Absent some of the gloss from previous albums, the band's sixth album is relatively stripped down and reliably autumnal.
The combination of Faust's gut-strung 1710 Stradivarius and Melnikov's 1885 Erard yields impressive transparency. French chamber music at its best.
Intimate, nostalgic solo debut of quiet guitar pop from the founding member of Mazes and half of Ultimate Painting.
Mouse on Mars' Jan St. Werner delivers an exercise in sheer force with this bludgeoning album of pounding jackhammer rhythms.
The prolific Dobro maestro and his septet revisit the past and carve out new ground as bluegrass, jazz, country-rock, and blues collide.
A balmy set of lush, electronic dream pop with flourishes of pastoral English folk and Swinging London-era psych-pop.
The pop craftsman takes some left turns into synth pop and disco on this well-crafted, pleasingly weird album, his ninth.
The Skampa Quartet has an uncanny way of showing Dvorák as a Czech fascinated by what he heard in America.
Singer/songwriter opens up about her troubles with liquor and love on her impressive third album.
The group's third album came after a long break and saw them shifting gears into disco-pop and world affairs.
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A funky, elegant, and soulful record that showcases the full potential of Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.
Coppey offers a full-blooded, passionate reading that may put the listener in mind of classic Czech performances.
Both sumptuous and informative, this is a superior Sheppard recording.
Autumn feels just around the corner on the long-tenured chamber pop ensemble's 12th outing.
Welcome return from the former Haircut One Hundred singer and solo artist that touches on many aspects of his long career.
The fourth volume in the Orlando Consort's series of Machaut's vocal music presents love songs on the subject of idealized beauty.
On their streamlined sophomore set, the alt-rock trio from Lowell, Massachusetts grow from hardcore kids to melodic powerhouses.
A confident and musically robust comeback gem from the New York-via-Madison indie rock trio.
The master singer and songwriter creates a rich, ambitious collection of stories that rest comfortably with his best work.
The Sacramento-area artist's ambitiously layered mix of soulful, indie-electro R&B and absorbing synth-pop.
The restless, intrepid, and prolific singer/songwriter tips his hat to the progressive pop records of his youth on this panoramic collection.
This inward-looking sixth LP from the Norwegian singer/songwriter is rooted in empathy; even at its most cynical, the warmth of its core radiates outward.
Combining the pop/punk acumen of the Futureheads, the nerdy logistics of Rush, and the fevered attack of Sonic Youth yields a seriously satisfying confection.
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An uncompromising major-label debut that reconstitutes the '70s rock touchstones and meticulous soundscaping of 2014's Lost in the Dream.
Even though they seemingly release an album every month, they never sound anything less than inspired, insane, and bursting with manic energy.
In this reading by Barenboim, the work emerges as positively operatic, with impressive results.
Songwriting gets an upgrade on the garage punks' hooky, bratty, fourth LP, which draws on early British Invasion.
The pianist draws upon late-'60s Miles Davis and Mwandishi-era Herbie Hancock for this daring, exploratory sextet date.
Joined by its touring rhythm section, the group deliver some of its heaviest -- and most contemplative -- music yet.