Naysayers be damned. Classical music on record continues to thrive, or so it seems judging from the plethora of boxed sets that have come our way this year. As ever, milestone birthdays were ...

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It’s time for new rules. The Metropolitan Opera, once fearful of upsetting its base with too much novelty, is now desperate enough to try a novel diet of new operas. The New York Philharmonic begins ...

First there was a clarinet trill — like a cat shaking off sleep. Then the cat stret-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-tched itself — from a low F to a high Bb. And the world of concert music changed forever. That shock ...

An exquisite rendition of Schubert’s Fifth Symphony from the SCO under Maxim Emelyanychev heads up Ken Walton ’s list of the year’s best classical music releases Schubert: Symphonies Nos 5 & 8 (Linn) ...

Gustavo Dudamel launches the fall season with a world premiere by the Hawaiian composer Leilehua Lanzilotti and Charles Ives’s panorama of Americana, the Symphony No. 2. Yunchan Lim joins in for ...

Guarneri Hall has been a valued space among classical music insiders, thanks to its central location and unique acoustics. A new music series may open the hall to new audiences. Even when you’re right ...