A glitter-dipped exercise in '70s disco-era funk, rock, and soul that makes the most of Lambert's swaggering vocal charisma.
Not Now, Bernard and Other Stories features colorful musical presentations to entertain not only children but the whole family.
A stellar compilation of rare and unreleased tracks culled from the popular crooner's Columbia vault.
The singer/songwriter lets down her guard on raw, intimate versions of songs from Hunter with striking results.
The ninth album from this long-running folk rock band finds them exploring both fiery cosmic sprawl and mellow, understated territory.
With this album, Dury perfects his formula of sneering asides and darkly witty observations over swooning strings and slinky trip-hop.
Big, high-contrast Chopin concertos with a strong pairing of dramatic tutti and an often poetic soloist.
Brandy Clark gets warm and intimate on the soulful Your Life Is a Record.
The guitarist resumes his trio explorations for ECM with a diverse, beautifully played program of originals and standards on acoustic and electric guitars.
The onetime Americana singer/songwriter delivers an audacious and sly pop album about modern stardom.
Mashing and melding sounds, textures, feelings, and trips into a weird, wild, and wonderful mess, this is the second classic Gambino album in a row.
The Liverpool indie rockers find the magic space between happiness and heartache on their literate, effusive fourth album.
The final musical will and testament of guitarist Neal Casal, this compelling, delightful release was completed a week before his death.
Never more focused or fun, hooky, or political, the long-running band have crafted their masterpiece after nearly 30 years of making music together.
A superb survey of 17th century keyboard music that uses the piano as a kind of investigative tool.
Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony present Richard Strauss' impressive Also sprach Zarathustra with the Burleske in D minor.
Complete collection of the group's early recordings highlighted by remastered albums, radio sessions, rare tracks, and a previously unreleased live show from 1980.
Penetrating Strauss readings that stick in the memory, even when one takes issue with them.
Unconventional programming succeeds here thanks to Dreisig's considerable vocal subtlety.
The debut LP from this noisy sludge metal act pushes the aggression of Amphetamine Reptile-styled noise rock into new, ugly places.
Touching on post-punk, shoegaze, dub, and jazz, the Chicago trio's swift evolution continues with some of their most dazzling music.
Mats Gustafsson presents a bracing, extended presentation of Krysztof Penderecki's historic 1971 score with new sonic and musical referents.
A fine collection focusing on the little-documented final incarnation of the band, full of unreleased tracks and home demos.
Gianandrea Noseda and the National Symphony Orchestra offer a program of touchstones of Americana by Dvorák and Copland.
The direct yet expansive fifth solo album from cellist/composer Alison Chesley.
Revolution-minded fourth studio album from Baltimore-based experimental rock quartet Horse Lords.
An emotionally heavy full-length from the Canadian composer, created during an intense period of environmental catastrophe and human tragedy.
This fine historical performance of Mozart violin sonatas is sensitive to their innovative qualities.
A captivating collection of pieces written for fantasy dramas and documentaries that plays like a cohesive, intentional work.
With a new backing band, the British-born R&B singer adds rhumba and cha-cha to his aural stew of retro-soul, jump blues, and jukebox R&B.
On this groove-drenched set of contemporary jazz and funky fusion the band pulls out all the stops.
Live Schumann recording by Gardiner preserves and expands upon the virtues of his earlier Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique set.
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London offer an orchestral showcase of exotic and evocative pieces by French composers.
Recording at Jack Clement's Nashville studio with a crack session band, the California-based singer/songwriter revisits his North Carolina roots.
The electro-rock crew contemplate life and society with typically addictive production and witty lyrics.
An unusually strong entry in Hyperion's Liszt song series shows the composer's attitudes toward various key writers.
Pivotal vocalists spanning genres and generations are honored in fine style on the Blue Note singer and pianist's third album.
Fine Liszt performances including a real rarity; a second rarity is available digitally by streaming or as a download.
On his first date as a leader since 2015, the guitarist/composer and his stalwart sextet offer a kaleidoscopic overview of modern jazz.
The singer and songwriter ups her game across the board on this well-crafted and expressive fourth album.
An understated, impeccably produced comeback full of reflective songwriting and a smooth, late-'70s West Coast pop feel.
The L.A. close harmony folk duo turn in a breezy homemade gem on their strong sophomore set.
Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra complete their exceptional cycle of the symphonies of Sibelius with the Fourth and Sixth.
Suzuki modulates his Bach keyboard style successfully in these performances of free, dramatic early works.
Suzuki's second traversal of the St. Matthew Passion sharpens his general approach rather than rethinking the work wholesale.
Despite threats of life-threatening illness, lineup changes, emotional strain, and doubt, these British metallers deliver the goods in spades.
The shift away from black metal in favor of acoustic neo-traditional, gothic folk, offers listeners drama, resonance, tenderness, and mystery.
The former 1D member explores the aftermath of a breakup with emotional heft and polished production.
A pairing of classic and recent Penderecki, splendidly conducted by the composer.
The sixth album from this German electronic producer opens up into more acoustic ambience than ever before.
A lovingly played and sung covers album of songs both old and new that have made an impact on the singer/songwriter throughout his life.
The venerable trio's eighth album is a bracing reminder that they have never stopped making hooky, inventive, and sneakily heartfelt indie rock.
Mozartissimo is a compilation of Rolando Villazón's performances of Mozart, selected to create a well-rounded portrait of singer and composer.
A futuristic jazz standards album from the saxophonist and electronic musician that pushes the songs into ever-more-cosmic galaxies.
Stirring Sibelius, uneasy in some places, by one of Finland's most exciting young conductors.
On their Impulse! debut, Shabaka Hutchings' South African band delve deeply into spiritual and Township music to prepare humanity for extinction.
This well-crafted box set collects the power pop combo's three albums made for Elektra, plus a wealth of demos and a rare live EP.
A live recording of the St. John's Ash Wednesday service, with a striking sense of immediacy.
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A definitive expanded collector's edition of this early masterpiece from a pre-ELO Jeff Lynne.
The husband-and-wife duo shade their earthy Americana tones with a vintage West Coast feel on their Shooter Jennings-produced fourth album.
The 21st album by Australia's long-lived trio is a masterwork of composition, communication, investigation, and mystery.
Second set of whispery, ruminating indie pop from a duo who draw on '50s exotica and gentle jazz to create a universe all their own.
A confident, striding Symphonie Fantastique and a group of wonderful and forgotten small works make for a satisfying Berlioz release.
A ten-year-old recording documenting a historic meeting gets dusted off, completed, and lives up to its title.
Previously unissued live date from 2008 from the American banjo master and the Malian kora legend that reveals two improvisers at their peak.
Seventh album is another stylistically shifting collection of heady pop featuring an extended crew of backing vocalists and themes of hindsight and nostalgia.
Andrew Lawrence-King and the Utopia Chamber Choir perform selections from the Piae Cantiones, a collection of sacred songs.
This 56-track, three-disc, annotated anthology is arguably the very first comprehensive overview of the British blues scene.
Very strong Brahms chamber music from musicians who know each other well and pay attention to detail.
A beautiful song recital on the theme of wandering that builds innovatively on Ralph Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel.
One of Michigan's beloved space rock duo's most concise albums, and perhaps their rawest since the early days.
A rare example of Chopin concertos conducted by the pianist, Yundi's version achieves compelling rhythmic flexibility.