The Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin offers Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Rebel's Les Éléments with Harmonia Mundi's 2015 catalog.
The Scottish folk singer/songwriter delivers another beautifully conceived and mostly solo effort on his self-titled eighth album.
This is a program that views the range of Bach's creativity under a different lens from those anybody else has used.
Tchaikovsky's one-act opera Iolanta receives a passionate performance from Anna Netrebko, who sings the lead role in this live recording.
The ornate, Lee Hazlewood-produced 1968 psych-folk debut from this soft-voiced Florida native.
The Scottish collective loosen up, stretch out, and play some disco on their ninth album.
The soul diva is reunited with producer Joe Henry for another album focused on her peerless gifts as an interpretive singer.
Committed fans of Tavener may well find the choir's recording of Two Hymns to the Mother of God worth the price of admission.
The saxophonist adds two bassists, a vibraphonist, and a string quartet to his core group to deliver a remarkable, expansive set of new compositions.
Powerfully raw collection of traditional blues, folk, and gospel tunes played by this Detroit garage punk legend.
A sonically expansive and emotionally charged new beginning for the Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter.
More eclectic and passionate music from this Cambodian-obsessed LA combo; one of their most flavorful and satisfying efforts yet.
The Philadelphia indie rock powerhouse turns in a solid and spirited double live album.
This may seem a rather specialized release, but it is of interest to anyone who likes the music of the 16th century.
The band's first album in eight years finds them lightening and loosening up just enough to deliver some of their most engaging music yet.
Perhaps the best fusion yet of Patrick Stump's love of soul and Pete Wentz's rock & roll savior aspirations.
A moody yet comforting record that plays like a decade-delayed sequel to Supergrass' Road to Rouen.
Fifteen years after the fact, these historic dates get officially released and provide evidence that they deserve their "legendary" status.
Songwriter/guitarist Ethan Miller delivers the first album in a projected trilogy. This set contains the best songs of his career to date.
The North Carolina blues/folk singer's wonderfully understated debut is full of personality and charm.
A wholly pleasing, relatively contemporary set from one of the planet's greatest multidimensional R&B talents.
Second album from California singer/songwriter thankfully does little to change the strange radiance established on her debut.
Strange and wonderful sample-heavy synth pop by this genre-defying musical collagist.
Companion piece to 2014's Single Mothers that extends the songwriter's song cycle on broken families and failed relationships.
The Plush leader steps out on his own with a bracing, bittersweet set of pop songs.
On their sophomore full-length, the Northwestern quartet up the ante with a chugging, compelling assault of rhythm and riff.
Mozart's Requiem receives a stunning performance on this SACD by Masaaki Suzuki and his choir and orchestra, the Bach Collegium Japan.
The California outfit takes a moody, '80s new wave- and R&B-influenced turn on their sophomore album.
On his first collection of all-original material in four decades, the iconic guitarist delivers story songs and instrumentals with earthy aplomb.
Cinematic instrumentalist turns her gaze away from dark meditations of the past to more celestial and blissful compositions.
Visionary songwriter meets a band of playful virtuosos, and their collaboration brings out the best in everyone concerned.
Fifth solo album by the Animal Collective contributor finds him in a class by himself with his hypnotic, electro-friendly pop.
Decidedly raw but alarmingly captivating early demo recordings from this ecstatic post-hardcore act.
Aided by producer T-Bone Burnett, the sophisticated progressive bluegrass outfit creates a defining record.
Literate, evocative debut of sophisticated, Kate Bush-influenced pop from the Lancashire-born singer.
Sixth ferocious and unrelenting album from this long-running Swedish hardcore band.
This archival release of the quintessential garage band captured on an average night in 1966 in their hometown of Chicago is pure dynamite.
After 15 albums and nearly 30 years, Birmingham's extreme metal legends refuse to rest on their laurels and deliver a monster.
A dense, bright, furious, and joyful reunion from the trail-blazing punk trio.
The lone release by this deeply soulful, family-led gospel group is a comforting and strangely wistful diamond in the rough.
The inspired madman of R&B sounds impressively sane and soulful as he tackles race and embraces old-school soul.
Collaborative album by two monsters of noisy doom metal includes harrowing covers of Nine Inch Nails and Vic Chesnutt.
Soulful, contemplative, and mellow record from the gracefully aging former kings of Madchester.
Massive set collecting the influential post-punk/indie pop band's first three albums, their early singles, and four discs of rarities plus essays, posters, and more.
The Brooklyn trio -- with help from producer Aaron Dessner -- reveals startling growth and maturity on its wonderful second album.
The Scottish rockers conjure some dark magic making an essential companion release to 2014's Strange Friend.
Excellent second record by a group dead set on resurrecting the classic Flying Nun sound, this time with better sound and tunes.
The duo reinvents its electropop with a mini-album that's equally wide-eyed, sophisticated, heartbroken, and euphoric.