With a nonchalant denial of difficulty and wondrously 21st century approach, Daniil Trifonov's new release is a must hear.

Tigran Mansurian’s voice is unmistakable; his language is Armenian but his music is imprinted with contemporary references.

A new album pays tribute to influential teacher Nadia Boulanger, who counted Copland, Philip Glass and many other luminaries among her students.

Benjamin Britten’s often overlooked Sinfonia da Requiem gets a hypertense new recording by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

New music from Eighth Blackbird and Navarra String Quartet offers classical persuasions for younger folks.

The most popular and prolific composer of his time, Malcolm Arnold was shunned by the British music establishment for being, mostly, too popular and prolific, and therefore a potent threat to the nonentities who were not.

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra has issued an oblong boxed set of its inaugural concerts with music director Kirill Petrenko.

A poet of timelessness, Hungarian composer Leó Weiner ought to be on every conductor’s encore list.

This new release blends music from the major seaboard cultures — Greek, Italian, Judeo-Spanish and Arab — with arias from Baroque operas that are rooted in the same shores.

I often wonder when listening to Silvestrov's music why he is not one of the most performed living composers.