Urgent, sprawling, career-encompassing live album recorded in 2014 on the supporting tour for Transgender Dysphoria Blues.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Tonkünstler-Orchester give energetic performances of Felix Mendelssohn's "Italian" and "Reformation" symphonies.
The band's first entirely instrumental album is some of their most engaging and exciting music yet.
The band's first studio album combines more polished sounds and more heartfelt songs with stunning results.
Contemporary country singer reinforces his sturdy mainstream classicism with flairs of disco, rock, and R&B.
The first studio release from the compelling project featuring members of Throbbing Gristle and Factory Floor.
Compiled from over seven years of concerts, this set offers inspired evidence of two brilliant musicians in intimate dialogue.
For his first solo album in six years, Cornell teams with Brendan O'Brien and creates a warmly intimate, slyly sophisticated, moody record.
Bruckner's Ninth Symphony receives a powerful interpretation by Christoph von Dohnányi in this live performance from the 2014 Salzburg Festival.
The trio follows its massively successful debut with more rousing, expertly crafted synth-pop.
Career-spanning collection of singles and albums by the undeservedly underrated Scottish indie pop group who featured on the legendary C86 cassette.
There is a sense of great variety powerfully unified throughout and Deutsche Grammophon delivers live sound that's just about as good as it gets.
Danil Trifonov plays Rachmaninov's sets of variations on this 2015 Deutsche Grammophon release, featuring the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
The brothers who formed the Blasters return with a fun, passionate set of acoustic and electric blues classics.
David Deveau offers a tribute to three major figures of 19th century Romanticism, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, and Richard Wagner.
Denis Matsuev and the Mariinsky Orchestra in three distinctly high-spirited works make for a delightful evening at the great St. Petersburg concert hall.
A widescreen, Technicolor burst of glam pop sound and hooky songs recorded in hi-fi glory by Foxygen drummer.
Several chart-topping vocalists make contributions, but the lower-profile guests truly elevate the Lawrence brothers' second album.
The Eagles founder returns to his country-rock roots on this star-studded record named after his Texas home.
The wind soloists of the Dresden Staatskapelle and pianist Margarita Höhenrieder give the quintets of Mozart and Beethoven buoyant performances.
A generous and uplifting dose of modern funk from Damon Riddick, joined by a supporting cast that includes Jody Watley, Flea, and Q-Tip.
Filament is eighth blackbird's 2015 release, featuring electrifying chamber works by Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, Son Lux, and Philip Glass.
The L.A.-based retro-pop quartet delivers another strong set of hook-laden power pop and breezy, west coast folk-rock.
A seamless fusion of aching isolationism and avant lover's rock is offered by this collaboration between the trio and guitarist.
This tribute to the great bassist includes soloists Pat Metheny and Gary Burton backed by the SWR Big Band.
Texas guitarist and songwriter crafts a musically and lyrically ambitious album that embraces blues, rock, R&B, and hip-hop.
Third solo effort from the former Frames leader is subtle but deeply passionate, with strong songs and evocative vocals.
Four-disc distillation of 80-CD box contains a single unreleased live track from every year the Grateful Dead was an active touring band.
The veteran underground MC teams with Australian producer Katalyst for his most varied effort to date.
Debut album of gritty, one-take electro/techno from a German producer, greatly expanding upon the ideas of her previous EPs.
London-based dub-disco duo follow their long-awaited proper debut full-length with an album of adventurous reworks.
Eagerly awaited, Maiden's first double album is also their longest and most ambitious -- and deeply satisfying.
Itzhak Perlman and Emanuel Ax make their recording debut on Deutsche Grammophon as a duo with violin sonatas by Gabriel Fauré and Richard Strauss.
A breezy, lyrically bold, sonically beautiful soft barrage of bucolic country-folk.
The veteran alt-country troubadour delivers 12 wonderfully evocative sketches of the Texas Panhandle.
Teaming up with a guitar-bass-drums trio, the majestic pop singer/songwriter turns in one of his best albums.
Scofield reunites his '90s quartet with saxophonist Joe Lovano for a creatively inspired, emotionally resonant session.
The singer/composer's fourth album offers a more approachable version of her music's breathtaking beauty and ambition.
The kinetic rapper offers a loose "vacation" of an album, but the results are rich and filling.
A welcome return to form, the producer's ninth studio effort features smooth house and innovative production touches.
A nice, casual record from the Stones guitarist, one that touches upon all his favorite sounds.
The singer/songwriter trades electric guitars for acoustics, banjos, and pianos, whittling away excess while retaining eccentricity.
These are moderate in tempo and quietly dreamy, to delightful effect, and one might indeed imagine the insomniac Russian count drifting off to them.
Working without Simon Cowell, the diva harnesses her powerful voice and broadens her sonic palette, resulting in her best album yet.
Backed by a new label and a mostly new crop of collaborators, the eminently graceful vocalist and songwriter continues to fuse styles with ease.
Following his unlikely collaboration with Krautrock pioneer Roedelius, Lloyd Cole presents an album of solo modular synth experiments.
The 17th studio album from East L.A.'s greatest band finds them still exploring new directions and playing with style and authority.
Rollicking Memphis band turns down the tempos and ponders where life and love go wrong on this strong, thoughtful change of pace.
After kicking his demons to the curb, the Pittsburgh rapper offers a soulful and vibrant third LP.
Marc Soustrot and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra wrap up their series of the symphonies of Saint-Saëns with the Symphony in F major, "Urbs Roma."
Mariss Jansons' 2012 recording of Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem is a tribute to Kurt Sanderling, who died the previous year.
The singer's varied first seven albums for Tamla and Motown, presented in a sharp box set.
Matt Haimovitz's Orbit is a compilation of tracks from his albums Anthem, Goulash!, After Reading Shakespeare, Figment, and Matteo.
In concert with Randy Jacobs and Sweet Pea Atkinson, the saxophonist's musical wild side is on full, gritty, glorious display.
On their 25th anniversary, the band deliver a stellar gothic doom album that is deliberately inspired by their early classics.
Spanish guitarist Pablo Villegas offers fresh and satisfying performances of music from the New World.
Thrilling post-punk, guitar pop debut from a trio made up of Sauna Youth and Male Bonding members.
The Sheffield songwriter and guitarist shines a light directly on his craft in an expert collection of intimate songs.
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On his first record in seven years, the former Go-Betweens songwriter delivers a set of rocking pop tunes and elegant ballads.
For those looking for a fresh read on Haydn's symphonies, look no further than this release by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and youthful conductor Ticciati.
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A small treasure trove of "lost" ultra-poppy synth pop recordings made by ex-Strawberry Switchblade singer between 1986-88.
Tough and tender rock & roll from the California trio, produced with reverby care and played with style and flair.
Blues belter delivers another set of vocal knockouts, with guest appearances from Billy Gibbons and Robert Randolph.
Near-definitive collection pairs this new wave act's 1981 debut album and 1983 farewell EP in one package.
With a new focus on vocals and pop song form, the rambunctious music collective exploits tension between reflective melodies and infectious rhythms.
Michael Benjamin Lerner's power pop project dives head first into the new wave/synth pop revival.
Atmospheric, soulful debut from Black Keys leader Dan Auerbach's side project the Arcs.
Despite its title, this Detroit metal unit deals out its brightest, fiercest album to date.
Well-chosen, career-spanning collection of beautifully autumnal indie pop.
After a five-year hiatus, the supergroup delivers its most compelling, exciting album yet.
The much anticipated follow-up to 2011's Degeneration Street, Times Infinity 1 is the first installment of a planned two-part collection of new music from the Montrealers.
The band's first album in three years is a rousing success thanks to its bleakly hilarious portraits of failure.
The band's third album is another slice of sweet and lovely indie pop, this time with more horns, strings, and Northern soul influence.
The Prosecco's chilled but the beats are hot on the fourth album from Boston's dynamic duo of party bro EDM.
A classicist yet cracking collection of ten tightly crafted tunes from the power pop master.
The early days of the influential indie pop label Creation are covered in exhaustive detail, with loads of rarities and unreleased demos.
On its first studio date in five years, the Georgia band records new material live from the floor with excellent results.
Reunited with Woods' Jarvis Taveniere, the duo delivers an album that's equally accomplished, unaffected, confident, and vulnerable.
Deryck Cooke's third performing version of Mahler's 10th receives an intense live reading from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain.
Trevor Powers' third studio long-player under the Youth Lagoon moniker is his most cohesive set of pained youth songs to date.