The soulful vocalist's third album nicely draws inspiration from '70s soul and the '90s New Jack Swing sound.
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For this 2019 double-disc on Hyperion, pianist Angela Hewitt presents her second recording of Bach's Six Partitas for the label.
A newly unearthed collection of demos, home recordings, and otherwise unreleased songs from this multifaceted visionary.
The four-LP, double-disc box comprised of mostly unreleased archival material is a compelling, provocative entry in the artist's catalog.
A newly remastered collection of the entire output from this fearless and formative indie trio.
Scott Metcalfe and Blue Heron present the first of a two-volume set of the complete chansons of Renaissance master Johannes Ockeghem.
Claudio Abbado's critically acclaimed live recordings of Bruckner's First and Ninth Symphonies are paired in this 2019 package from Accentus.
Delightfully eccentric art-pop project from musical and marital partners Nels Cline (Wilco) and Yuka C. Honda (Cibo Matto).
Sensational Tchaikovsky performed by the young violinist Daniel Lozakovich.
The fifth volume in the saxophonist's archival series documents a European gig with his new quartet roadtesting the just-completed Shakti album.
A significant world premiere recording of a work African American composer Bonds considered her magnum opus.
The first Tafelmusik album under new director Elisa Citterio suggests an exciting new direction.
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The distinctive sonorities of Les Siècles' early Romantic instruments make Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and Les Francs-Juges burst with color.
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The definitive remastered edition of the artist's classic ill-fated album contains a bonus disc with all extant studio takes minus overdubs.
A commanding and appealingly austere debut from this young Melbourne-based folk singer/songwriter.
On their first album in 14 years, Hootie & the Blowfish fuse their '90s sound with Darius Rucker's sunny country-pop.
A superb survey of the elegy in the music of Purcell and Blow, culminating in Blow's ode on Purcell's death.
An epic work by composer Julia Wolfe follows on her earlier Anthracite Fields in depicting an inhumane industrial setting.
The bandleader's second album of joyous, soulful jazz recorded during his 2018 residency at the Village Vanguard.
The indie rock and singer/songwriter debut of a one-time jazz phenom presents a songwriter fully formed.
Lapalux follows the excellent Ruinism with an equally ambitious, complex album about the fluid, perpetual cycle of life, death, and rebirth.
Nine songs from the poet's final recording sessions reveal, against all odds, he was singing better than ever before.
Luke Combs doubles down on his straight-ahead '90s country revival.
The Long Island combo fuses technically impressive chops with warm-hearted, melodic indie rock on their charming debut.
The French group don't reinvent the dreamgaze wheel on the second album, but they give it a proper spin and a nice modern update.
Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra deliver a satisfying performance of Mahler's popular Symphony No. 1.
The title work impressively uses angular writing for winds to programmatic ends, depicting the blackmailing imp who spins straw into gold.
A delightful song recital with obscurities from both composers, capturing their mutual influence.
Long-running acid folk songwriter goes off the deep end with this fried, funky, and blissfully damaged album.
On his third long-player, the British singer/songwriter comes into his own in a collection of bracing, affirmative, psychedelic soul tunes.
Unconventional recording and production techniques result in an alluringly woozy and wonky set representing some of Nau's best underlying songs.
John Nelson leads combined choirs and the Philharmonia Orchestra in a resonant performance of Berlioz's Grande Messe des morts.
A dusky third album from the German duo featuring collaborations with Téme Tan, Tash Sultana, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
A fresh group of works by women composers, likely only sparsely known even among those specializing in the repertory.
Sprawling double album of dark ambient electronics from two former members of Tangerine Dream.
The virtuoso lute music of Renaissance composer Albert da Rippe is explored in this 2019 Harmonia Mundi album by Paul O'Dette.
The former Weather Prophet's third solo album recaptures some of that band's rollicking feel on a set of melancholy and comforting indie pop.
Odds-and-sods collection of lost tracks and different takes recorded between 1979 and 1994 by the world's giddiest group.
Orchestral suites by Johann Sebastian Bach and two of his second cousins receive period performances from Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano
Trippy, relaxing collaboration between two category-evasive duos, evoking a strange countryside journey by railroad.
Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra deliver Bruckner's underrated Sixth Symphony in the 2015 edition by Benjamin-Gunner Cohrs.
The Pennsylvania shoegaze group enlist close friend and frequent tourmate Tobacco to rough up their gauzy, panoramic sound.
The Stones Throw violinist, singer, songwriter, and producer follows two EPs with an even richer first album.
Showcasing her new band, the drummer offers many articulations of modern jazz as they intersect with topical protest and pop culture.
The wild and wooly career of the punk pioneers turned goth icons, documented in 39 songs.
The third set by the rural acoustic trio of Rwandan farmers pairs aching poignancy with themes of hope and beauty.
Indie pop combo is back after a nine-year layoff with an album that blends the bitter, the sweet, and the snarky.
Pristine collection of jangling indie pop originals and covers from a band led by future Velvet Crush drummer Ric Menck.
Gorgeous performances of a Josquin mass of disputed authenticity and one by the little-known Noel Bauldeweyn.
Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony perform works by Rued Langgaard and Richard Strauss, inspired by Nietzsche's Der Antichrist.
A surprisingly spacious yet intimate set of songs concludes Robert Alfons' cathartic third album.
Strut's compilation of latter-day sides by Detroit's iconic jazz collective offers a historic portrait of its continuing relevance and creativity.
The third full-length compilation of Ghostly International's long-running SMM series of ambient and experimental releases.
On their fourth long-player, the international duo use dirges and folk ballads to explore the unknown.
An excellent concluding installment in fleet pianist Trifonov's Rachmaninov overview.