Ensemble Live
Floating spiritual jazz and spacy synth funk played live in the studio by a five-piece ensemble.
Floating spiritual jazz and spacy synth funk played live in the studio by a five-piece ensemble.
Breathtakingly virtuosic yet sensitive performances of these early 20th century standards.
The former Fifth Harmony singer's ecstatic sophomore album finds her in the sway of new love with a candid pop sophistication.
The rap supergroup's third full-length of 2019 is a bit more true to life than their usual comic-inspired output.
Not only a vivid reduction of Tchaikovsky's score but a novel presentation with text by one of the septet's members.
After a decade away, the Aussie noise punk combo return with an album that captures their raw attack, but tempers it with some melody.
Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort and Players perform Purcell's King Arthur in the edition by McCreesh and Christopher Suckling.
Savall presents a lean and athletic interpretation of Handel's Messiah with La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations.
An impressive live recording of the 100th-anniversary observance of the familiar Lessons and Carols.
Dub companion to Lee "Scratch" Perry's well-received 2019 collaboration with Adrian Sherwood.
A fine Debussy album, pairing familiar Nocturnes with some fascinating lesser-heard works.
Not encores in the usual sense, but personal favorites of the great Nelson Freire, magnificently played.
On his Mr. 305 label debut, the Miami rapper and friends deliver heady, beat-driven reggaeton and Latin rap wedded to soul, funk, and rock grooves.
With strong and distinctive performances of both concertos, this is a major breakthrough for violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
A direct, almost urgent performance of Gluck's reform opera, with career-making singing by countertenor Iestyn Davies as Orfeo.
An exceptionally well-chosen holiday program by British choir Stile Antico.
Thomas Zehetmair revisits Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, using two Baroque instruments to capitalize on their different sonorities.
1999 vinyl debut from the Canadian breakcore innovator, laying the foundational elements of his signature sound.
The elusive beatmaker (and chef) returns with a brief but tantalizing slice of daydream-worthy lo-fi ambient hip-hop.