Lubimov achieves insight into the mind of this notoriously troublesome composer that no one else has quite managed before.
The band's second album is more confident and more sonically impressive, leading to another brilliant indie pop insta-classic.
Another powerful Afro-beat session from America's finest proponents of the style; features guest vocals from Zap Mama.
Partially inspired by the ASMR video phenomenon, Canadian electronic artist Antwood's second album is a darkly humorous mind trip.
The fantasias are attractive works, but the real star here is Ashley Solomon and his collection of period flutes.
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It took the band a long time to record their third album, but the effort resulted in an impressive collection of guitar-heavy, neo-psychedelic music.
Recorded by Steve Albini and featuring an impressive cast of contributors, Ben Frost's second studio album for Mute is a forceful, commanding work.
Employing elements of hard rock, shoegaze, stoner metal, and Hawkwind-esque space rock, the Canadian rockers' sophomore LP delivers both atmosphere and power.
A highly engaging, forward-looking jazz supergroup celebrates Blue Note's 75th Anniversary.
A splendid chamber music release that goes deep into the English tradition.
On his first recording in six years, the veteran songwriter delivers an album rooted in the grist and grit of life, spiritual, political, and material.
The artist looks back to his earliest days as Cat Stevens in a rich, satisfying fusion of past and present.
A larger than usual edition of Ian Svenonius' band delivers a good groove and prompts the frontman to bring the fire.
In this live recording, Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden perform the 1878/1880 version of Bruckner's popular "Romantic" Symphony.
An emotionally layered set of live and studio recordings featuring the singer and her trio, as well as the classical string ensemble the Catalyst Quartet.
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A handsome, alluring, and exceptional-sounding box containing all of Bowie's LPs from 1977-1982.
The folk-rock icon continues his late-career renaissance on this jazzy follow-up to 2016's Lighthouse.
The bass-drums duo return with another window-rattling hard rock album, full of energy and great songs.
The jazz diva travels to Memphis to cut an album of R&B, soul, blues, and gospel classics with plenty of sass and style.
Rhino delivers a 40-track retrospective that includes at least one song from every one of the blues-rock legends' studio albums through 2013's Now What?!
After 2016's Asphalt for Eden, the revamped lineup of New Jersey noise rap pioneers Dälek hits full stride with the triumphant follow-up.
Forgotten composers of the interwar years are given premiere recordings on this 2017 release by the Ebony Quartet.
The Metric singer's first solo album in more than a decade is lush and restrained at once, with her warmly emotional vocals leading the way.
Evgeny Kissin delivers live performances of Beethoven piano sonatas and variations with rare insights and technical brilliance.
The band's first LP as a duo adds hard rock guitars, country-rock textures, and more urgency to their sleepy psych-pop sound.
The new wave pioneer's 21st LP is awash in ambient horrorscapes, blast-furnace percussion, and electro-goth synth leads.
The Canadian instrumental ensemble's sixth full-length is a turbulent yet optimistic triumph, and one of their best works.
This final recording is as intimate, mysterious, and complex as the man himself. These ten songs offer an enduring, inimitable portrait of the artist.
M.C. Taylor and his musical partners evoke the sounds of '70s singer/songwriters with heart, soul, and strong performances.
An extremely giddy, hyperkinetic rush of complex beats and sugary melodies from Irish producer Iglooghost, courtesy of Brainfeeder.
With production by John Agnello, JLM's fourth solo LP balances atmosphere and grit, and heartache and empowerment.
The vocalist interprets 13 career-spanning songs by Bob Dylan, displaying a strong voice and genuine musical intelligence.
One of Ritter's loosest and most rewarding outings to date delivers a steady stream of compelling characters caught between bravado and vulnerability.
This six-track EP focuses on the saxophonist/composer/arranger's provocative and inclusive ideas about counterpoint as a cornerstone of harmony -- literally and metaphorically.
Russian indie electronic artist Kedr Livanskiy produces another winning set of chilly electropop following her 2016 debut, January Sun.
The complete piano music of Maurice Ravel receives lucid performances from Larissa Dedova on this 2017 Centaur release.
After a short "retirement," the band returns with a set that blends melancholy synth ballads with wall-rattling dance rock, aka business as usual.
The Canadian singers's sixth album is a sweepingly romantic, post-apocalyptic, comic book concept album rife with sophisticated pop hooks.
The indie rock veterans' first album in over a decade is a languorous set of thoughtfully curated covers augmented by an EP of original instrumentals.
Manfred Honeck leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony and Barber's Adagio for strings.
The iconic pop vocalist delivers '60s-era moody pop songs with great power framed by a lush, panoramic soundscape orchestrated by John Harle.
The frottola was a popular form in Renaissance Italy, and Andrea Antico's 1517 collection receives lively performances from Maria Luisa Baldassari.
Canadian indie rock trio has actually grown tighter and more powerful on its brutal yet meticulous third album.
Michael McDonald's first album of original material in 17 years is one of his strongest ever.
Cinematic art pop by a composer-and-artist duo inspired by the mythology of Los Angeles.
The Phish bassist teams with producer Shawn Everett on the most pleasingly streamlined and cohesive album of his career.
The groundbreaking guitarist fights back from a potentially career-ending accident to deliver one of his finest and most diverse albums.
An austere and sweet collection of songs recorded live in the studio.
A dusky, hazy unreleased solo acoustic album Neil Young recorded in 1976.
The dispassionate, investigative way Freire plays is probably the fastest way into these works that take a lifetime to appreciate.
The ethnomusicology major follows up his Mercury Prize-nominated debut with a more vibrant outing recorded live in the studio with a band.
Pashchenko plays an 1824 Graf fortepiano, an instrument with five pedals and an awesome variety of sounds.
The Georgia trio's second album is a post-punk delight, with cleaner sound and more powerfully confident performances.
Outstanding fourth album from these Detroit indie rockers is smart, introspective, and fiercely aggressive all at once.
The Beijing trio reinvents itself with massive, electronically enhanced grooves that are as relentless as they are irresistible.
An excellent collection of 20th century guitar music that should be heard more often and an avatar of the Bream spirit.
Second album from this gifted singer, songwriter, and producer is more organic than his debut, but just as accomplished and soulful.
Stefan Blunier and the Beethoven Orchester Bonn present Franz Schmidt's massive Symphony No. 2 with Richard Strauss' Festival Prelude.
For this 2017 Hyperion release, Steven Isserlis performs the pair of Haydn cello concertos with works by CPE Bach, Mozart, and Boccherini.
The band returns after a long layoff with a new member, expanded arrangements, and the same hefty dose of autumnal warmth and grace.
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All the A- and B-sides the Doors released with and without Jim Morrison.
Post-punk cult heroes return with a new album that takes their sound into new, unexpected, but satisfying directions.
Double-disc collection of songs, both released and unreleased, from the long and brilliant career of the Scottish indie pop band.
The fourth Pains album adds some sleek and shiny '80s new wave influences to their noisy dream pop, while delving into some real adult feelings.
Third Coast Percussion presents Philippe Manoury’s Le Livre des Claviers, a collection of atmospheric pieces for percussion ensemble.
A thoroughly modern country-pop album, filled with stylish sounds and sensitive soul-baring.
Conjuring the powers of nature, Tori Amos tackles political and relationship drama on this vital 15th LP.
The iconic singer and all-star guests get downright rowdy on this hot set of ten classic blues and R&B tunes and five originals.
Sunwoo has a steely technical command and the ability to inject some excitement into what he does.
The jazz vocalist futher explores her Afro-Caribbean roots on her third album for Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label.