A moving collection of vocal works, including world premiere recordings of music by the eminent Hungarian composer Gyorgy ...

Antoine Reicha’s L’Arte de varier tantalises before you’ve heard a note; the composer’s Opus 57, its theme followed by 57 variations. Reicha was an exact contemporary of Beethoven and reportedly the ...

From the elaborate piano breakdown in Eric Clapton’s “Layla” to the guitar solo in the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” the instrumental solo is an iconic part of pop. But to a musicologist, ...

In 1975, orchestral rock reached its majestic peak — where symphonic ambition met rock power in a series of landmark albums ...

For 28 years, the French producer Thomas Bangalter was one half of Daft Punk. Daft Punk, the team of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, started out as an underground house project, and they became hugely ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Large ensembles typically dominate the classical calendar. But the coronavirus turned the spotlight on individual artists. By Joshua ...

It’s the day after Metallica played a stunning concert with the San Francisco Symphony at the city’s enormous new Chase Center, and guitarist Kirk Hammett is letting his hair down in a tank top at his ...

After graduating from the Osaka College of Music in 1988, Yoko Shimomura was torn between career paths. Classically trained since the age of 3 and raised in a family of piano players, Shimomura had ...