This ensemble could develop some real star quality if they remain a unit.

A challenging and often dazzling multicultural program featured solo pieces and music for two pianos, with four guest pianists and two world premieres.

A cabaret vibe at a genre-spanning recital of American songs by a tenor at the height of his powers and a skillful accompanist

When the proletariat strains of folk and popular music intersect with "contemporary classical" and experimental music, interesting things happen.

The meditative sound glows like the globe. Flowing melodies in the upper and middle voices cruise atop droning tones in the lower, like satellites passing high above the surface of the Earth.

This tribute from pianist Orli Shaham and biographer Sarah Fritz, soulfully played and historically contextualized, is a significant step in elevating Clara Schumann to her rightful place in classical music history.

A precision performance of a superb modern score highlighted the artistic depth of a historically important and expertly made movie from the golden age of silent film.

Music by definition almost always engages with the passage of time. The captivating music on this album stands on its own without the need for any specific meaning.

A Village Trip Festival concert presented an eclectic variety of music and poetry by women: Kitty Brazelton, Sarah Kirkland Snyder, Liz Queler, and more.

A Village Trip Festival concert served up some wonderful Brahms; a bracing new work by William Kentner Anderson; and an "Homage to the New York School" that touched on some 20th-century music that has never worked for me.