Trio Mediæval’s Yule (2L) was a late addition to my list, a sublime Christmas album which deserves to be listened to all year round. This is a wonderful mixture of old and new, each number brilliantly ...

As much as I love a yearly "best-of" list, I also know this type of thing can be daunting. In the spirit of keeping things ...

OUSSAMA ZAHR This year, no album was as ambitious and intelligent as “Music in Time of War,” a imagined conversation between Claude Debussy and Komitas Vardapet, witnesses to 20th-century horrors.

Ravel was by no means a prolific composer but, including absolutely everything in his catalogue that includes piano, François-Xavier Poizat’s collection stretches to six CDs. Even as someone ... s ...

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Naturally, not all of my favorite artists were touring this year, but many were in the studio, making terrific albums. The 10 recordings below, plus a few honorable mentions, kept my ears focused and ...

The albums below were sources of joy, introspection and hope for me this year. Perhaps they'll do the same for you. The Story: With a colorful family history in her native Mexico — including a ...

You could easily make the case that the Danish is the world’s best string ... of the classical repertoire but also in their imaginative reworkings of folk music. Their third album in this ...