Editor Pick: Music

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

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 box set adds previously unheard material and an excellent new stereo mix to the Beatles' "Rubber Soul."

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.

Gauthier’s lyrics address topical themes without platitudes and often via the life stories of individuals. This is a courageous and powerful album from an important artist at the peak of her powers.

The composer pays tribute to the Persian poet-musicians of late antiquity on this superb album featuring soprano Sara Paar.

Though rooted in folk, the Roches' music owes debts to everything from jazz and barbershop quartets to 1940s vocal groups and punk.A new box set contains much of their best.

Beltline Bones, a "new music ensemble disguised as a trombone quartet," offers an album with much variety, yet these commissions seem to lean into one another. Each engages in its own way, as all five composers seem to fully understand the ensemble's sensibility.

Attending a Grievous Angels concert is like attending a revival meeting. The band is rocking and Charlie Angus is preaching messages of hope.

In the UK, according to Wikipedia, Richard has sold more than 21 million 45s, making him the third-highest-selling artist in singles chart history, behind only the Beatles and Elvis Presley.