Four of Christopher Rouse's powerful orchestral works receive world premiere recordings on this 2016 release from Dacapo.
Debut album by a talented Dutch Stereolab fan who started saving money to make it when she was just a kid.
Live recordings that have both energy and clarity, these can stand with any British or Continental readings.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Houston Symphony present Dvorák's Symphony No. 6 with two of his Slavonic Dances on this Pentatone release.
Compilation of the group's early days, full of spunky garage rock and Day-Glo jangle pop, all delivered with a joyous, youthful energy.
Boris Giltburg plays Rachmaninov's second set of Études-tableaux and the Moment musicaux with a mix of passion and poetic expression.
A warm and engaging trio album showcasing Mehldau's lyricism and supple harmonic skill.
On her major-label debut, Brandy Clark's finely rendered intimate songs get a big, bold production.
A spirited, slightly more rustic outing from the Noisemakers whose leader sets aside his piano in favor of the Appalachian dulcimer.
From trap to tropical, this party-starting monster is packed with guest vocalists on bangers that would make Swedish House Mafia proud.
The two veteran experimental guitarists reflect on loss and emotional confusion on their first collaboration without Peter Rehberg.
Christian Thielemann leads the Dresden Staatskapelle in Bruckner's Seventh Symphony and Wagner's choral work, Das Liebesmahl der Apostel.
Intergalactic marriage of psych-prog pedigrees that celebrates each artist's eccentricities while reining in any overly indulgent exercises in excess.
The band's second album of dream-pop-meets-metal-meets-psych-meets-shoegaze is even better than their impressive debut, thanks to improved production and hookier songs.
The experimental jazz crew Kneebody pitches to underground electronica producer Daedelus and the ball gets hit into deep left field.
First solo album from longtime producer, remixer, and Studio member is peaceful, intricately made electronic music that bubbles with warmth.
A pastoral U.K. folk tribute to villages historically bound by their century-old wartime fortunes.
The newly revitalized band and leader Kevin Rowland take on traditional Irish classics and a wide range of other songs.
An exhilarating slacker rock masterpiece rife with skewed humor, hair metal bombast, and heartfelt passion.
A double-disc set of the complete works of the pioneering pub rock band.
On her first full-length in six years, the songwriter aggressively alters her sound in cathartic, unapologetic new songs.
Elizabeth Joy Roe plays John Field's 18 Nocturnes, which strongly influenced Frédéric Chopin and other Romantic composers.
Limited seven-LP box set compiling albums, B-sides, and unreleased material from Matthew Cooper's sublime ambient project.
The group's third album does away with indie pop in favor of desperately raw and oft-frenetic post-punk-inspired sounds.
The veteran Great Lakes indie rock quartet's sophomore outing delivers an exemplary blast of melodious, garage-tooled dream pop that's as muscular as it is graceful.
The British violinist/composer's solo debut is a winsome mediation from the soul of a world traveler.
A slick, contemporary dance-pop album that still retains all of the sexy, sweaty fun of their debut.
After a six-year break, this side project returns with a joyous, sensual set of rootsy reggae, dub, and cumbia.
Ingrid Schmithüsen presents contrasting settings by Schoenberg and Kowalski of the bizarre Pierrot poems of Albert Giraud.
Second full-length from a strikingly original South Korean group combining traditional instruments with intense, crushing guitars.
James Rutherford and Eugene Asti present Schubert's posthumous Schwanengesang with five other songs by the master of Lieder.
Kallembach makes diverse materials cohere in a convincing way in a serious and nuanced setting of the Passion story.
A sophisticated, swinging, and poetic collaboration that illuminates the talents of both Marsalis and Elling.
The Connecticut-based indie veterans continue to play their timeless brand of supremely calming, unhurried space rock.
Metcalf offers a set of works deeply informed by popular music without being "crossover."
The Spanish indie pop group's dense, sprawling second full-length is far more experimental and moody than the band's previous recordings.
Calling it a "cosmic piano odyssey," the singer/songwriter's atmospheric third LP was formulated during a cabin retreat in Joshua Tree.
An inventive, thoroughly modern, and tremendous debut from the country singer/songwriter.
The Concord debut from the 2014 Thelonious Monk Institute's International Jazz Competition-winning Chicago trumpeter.
Simple and sharp bundling of the seven albums the singer released during his artistic peak, including What's Going On and I Want You.
Excellent album of tuneful ambient compositions by Irish producer Brendan Gregoriy, best known for his techno tracks as Chymera.
The welcome third entry in the Australian musician's influential interpretations of Serge Gainsbourg music arrives 22 years after his first.
Krug's fourth outing as Moonface dials back the ballad-heavy melodrama of 2012's Heartbreaking Bravery in favor of a more Autobahn-ready set of indie rock anti-anthems.
In French music of the 20th century Järvi was to the manner born, and the result is an absolute delight.
Sharp, infectious post-punk/dream pop from an Austin trio formerly known as Blackstone Rngrs.
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An extensive -- but not complete -- history of McCartney's solo recordings, curated by the artist himself.
Paul Simon faces mortality and pushes forward into the future on this adventurous album.
Randall Thompson's Requiem for double-chorus a capella receives its world premiere recording on this 2016 Naxos release.
A dusky, sophisticatedly funky album that still sweats and bleeds like the band's best work.
The Scottish Opera's historically informed production of HMS Pinafore was recorded at the 2015 Edinburgh International Festival.
The Houston songwriter returns home and extends his musical reach in a striking, confessional song cycle about divorce.
A conversational album of warm, romantic standards from these two legendary jazz comrades.
Marvelous music by a composer who is benefiting from a well-deserved revival.
This cycle undertaken by pianist Julius Drake is working to elevate the reputation of Liszt's songs.
Michael Gira ends one more chapter of Swans with yet another sprawling, intense two-hour masterwork.
The twin sisters' eighth album is, like Heartthrob before it, wrenchingly honest modern pop music made with heart and no silly frills.
Pittsburgh band's second album is smart, snarky, gritty punk rock that delivers the goods from front to back.
The Brit Award-winning crooner's excellent sophomore outing is sprightly and pop-tastic, but no less melodramatic than its predecessor.
Scriabin's first two symphonies are presented live on this double SACD package by Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Appending the original album, this essential package contains three audio discs of completely unissued performances and a live DVD.
More radical productions and dub mixes from the On-U founder, highlighted by tracks from Tackhead, Ministry, and the Beatnigs.
Heavy -- and heavily annotated -- deep dive into White Zombie's skronky, weird pre-fame records.
The guitarist's instrumental reflection on America is ambitious, tightly written, and expertly performed with a full band.
A bold and infectious sophomore outing from the jazzy-voiced, genre-mingling indie stylist.
Classic West Coast sounds and some caustic, compelling lyrics keep the rapper on G-Funk's top shelf.