Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; The Firebird (Suite 1919)
Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony present the Rite of Spring and the Firebird Suite in focused multichannel sound.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony present the Rite of Spring and the Firebird Suite in focused multichannel sound.
Praised for her Bach recordings on Hyperion, Angela Hewitt turns her attention to the sonatas of Bach's contemporary, Domenico Scarlatti.
Calling it "our Ramones record," the indie experimenters' tenth LP puts a premium on tightened forms, lively beats, and nimble vocal interplay.
Ruminative, bittersweet ECM debut from the jazz trumpeter recorded in the wake of his father's death.
At once bucolic and urbane, Jansch's 12th studio album is rated among the guitar legend's personal favorites.
Long overdue Motown debut from a gospel- and soul-rooted singer and songwriter who appeared on several high-charting albums during 2014 and 2015.
On the blues-rock icon's self-produced 20th album, virtually everything she's learned about making a great record is on display.
The duo's second album expands By Your Side's pop moments into an album perfect for chilling out instead of working up a sweat.
An action-packed soundscape of cyber warfare from a London-based producer making his debut for Tri Angle.
Hervé Niquet leads the Flemish Radio Choir and the Brussels Philharmonic in a revitalized interpretation of Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem.
Delightfully unorthodox pop from Nathan Jenkins and a cast of associates including Sampha, Laura Groves, and Shabaka Hutchings.
The Austin-based singer, songwriter, and violinist formed an all-star band to record "culturally blended music for a culturally blended world."
Celebrated for his acoustic guitar playing, the composer and experimentalist switches to electric, with a rhythm section for this rootsy outing.
Sarah and Deborah Nemtanu play Bartók's 44 Duos for two violins, a pedagogical work that has become popular in recitals and on recordings.
The band's tumultuous past is transformed into some of their most beautiful, and cathartic, music.
The great Bronx vocalist is still sounding strong and smooth at the age of 76 on this album produced by Jimmy Vivino.
Less psychedelic trickery and more of a folk-rock jangle on Tuttle's second album, but the songs are just as good, maybe even better.
Brazil's musical renaissance man records in the U.S. with producer Kamau Kenyatta and a dream team of studio aces deliver excellent results.
After a six-year wait, the Spanish electro-pop wizard returns with a new mutilated R&B sound.
A lustrous and heartbreaking home movie of a record that makes aging, death, and melancholy feel positively vital.
With its epic title cut as its key track, the progressive house producer's long-awaited debut does not disappoint.
Obsessive, late-night minimal wave from Montréal-based duo Marie Davidson and Pierre Guerineau, making their debut on DFA.
The Brewis brothers have crafted a predictably brilliant smart pop album, this time with a welcome '80s pop influence.
Their first album in over a decade shows Catherine Irwin and Janet Bean are still writing and singing with moody down-home genius.
Excellent expanded and remastered edition of Scott Miller's wildly idiosyncratic smart pop masterpiece.
The Italian chamber pop craftsman's third album is a lazy, hazy, and epic-sounding batch of easy listening pop.
Underneath its dreamy psych and lo-fi textures, the California duo's debut offers some solid pop songcraft.
Arriving on a wave of sizable British hype, this exciting debut combines powerful soul and deft electronics to create an entirely immersive journey.
On the band's Daptone debut, they deliver ten dynamic, soulful originals cut in mono and live from the studio floor with producer Gabriel Roth.
Stunning genre-blending debut from Californian trio that swirls and blends a blissful psych-pop panoply of sound, texture, and influences.
The country-reggae singer reunites with Adrian Sherwood and On-U Sound on a remixed, expanded version of this rare 2010 album.
An excellent album that fully realizes the series' aims of evoking early performances of Mendelssohn.
Compulsive and deep, the electro-pop duo's first album in nearly five years is among their best.
Los Angelino quartet evolve their quirky musical blend into a pop genre of their own on this transcendent release.
Lance Friedel and the London Symphony Orchestra present a powerful performance of Bruckner's Fifth that audiophiles will want to own.
Whimsical jolts of wriggling rhythms and delighted exclamations, cut at Nassau's Compass Point with synthesizer wiz Wally Badarou.
Recorded in South Africa years before Paul Simon's Graceland, an exuberant album that rejects exoticism in favor of kinship and play.
The great singer/songwriter ponders struggle and faith on this deeply personal collection.
The guitarist, singer, and songwriter offers what amounts to a musical autobiography in these 21 beautifully recorded songs.
Marie van Rhijn offers harpsichord transcriptions of music by Marin Marais, adapted from his tragédie en musique, Alcide.
A frenetic and beguiling debut from this largely instrumental Orange County indie outfit.
The renegade traditionalist offers a mirror-image double album of the same bluegrass and traditional standards -- half acoustic, half electric.
A coup for !K7's long-running mix series, featuring 11 custom edits and a prized highlight from the DJ/producer's Mahogani Music label.
Norway's veteran psychonauts explore the vast reaches of inner space with this sprawling yet refined offering.
The Anticon-affiliated beatsmith produces some of his best and most reflective material on his second release for Leaving Records.
Bedroom-intimate, emotionally sophisticated album from longtime indie pop icon.
On their second album, the Russian shoegazers further expand the sound established on their impressive 2015 debut.
The Norwegian space-disco producer tips his hat to his kosmische influences on this sprawling, excellent 96-minute opus.
The Syracuse outfit exudes arena-sized passion on an album produced by Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij.
The band's third album is slick and fun modern pop, with some R&B added to their space age indie pop sound.
The actor/musician's 18th album is an energetic set, including songs written with members of Rascal Flatts and the Hold Steady.
The Malian singer/songwriter's sixth LP is uncompromising, richly detailed, and utterly compelling.
Bookended by big, bold, and perhaps cumbersome tracks, the rest of Unruly equals, and often betters, this duo's Grammy-winning debut.
Stepping out from behind the Hunx name, Bogart's debut is a bubbling blast of good-time bubblegum-flavored electro pop.
The Canadian pop-punk band returns with a feel-good fifth album of throwback nostalgia and a few surprising guests.
Captivating live album featuring Stan Getz performing with his quartet at San Francisco's Keystone Korner in 1976.
The veteran U.K. popsmith delivers his most cohesive and satisfying solo effort to date.
A grand, meditative, and moving record that finds Suede embracing their middle age without losing any sense of their glamorous identity.
The Brooklyn trio's debut is an assured and exciting slice of '90s-influenced psych pop with classic alt-rock flavors.
Fifth album from the Seattle indie-folk quartet expands on their quiet and gritty sides with intelligence and soul.
The amiable Californian indie outfit adds five new sun-soaked charmers to its canon on this well-made EP.
The pianist's new trio with German-Afghan vocalist Simin Tander explores traditional songs and poetry as panlinguistic improvisational devices.
Trevor Pinnock's Journey is a survey of 200 years of harpsichord music, from Antonio de Cabezón to Domenico Scarlatti.
On her sophomore album, the singer/songwriter offers soulful, artfully written songs that combine modern production and roots music.
The great vocalist collaborates with one of the world's most successful authors and a dazzling host of musicians.
Vadym Kholodenko launches his Prokofiev cycle on Harmonia Mundi with the Piano Concerto No. 2 and the Piano Concerto No. 5.
Mark Heidinger's long-tenured alt-folk project turns in a beautifully crafted and deeply personal fifth album.
Aaron Funk crafts an album of intense, intricately programmed songs using a modular synthesizer system.
Dispensing with an explicit concept, the masterful guitarist nevertheless comes close to making his own version of a soul album.
Beatific electronic soul, all about plush grooves and rich harmonies, slow-cooked to perfection.
A more mature and well-produced version of their sound, with longer, more emotionally involved songs.
Backed by a muscular new band, Wynonna Judd makes a big, soulful comeback.
Zhu Xiao-Mei's performance of Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias is meticulous and precise, as well as intellectually and emotionally satisfying.