Editor Pick: Music

Ma's impressive recital was an almost nonstop whirlwind of effervescent power.

"The score is not an endpoint but a starting point. Music truly comes alive in the moment – in breath, time, and immediate reaction."

Melissa Carper's 'A Very Carper Christmas' is the best Christmas album of 2025, and one of the very best so far in this century.

Inspired by the music of Mongolia and Taiwan, these pieces feature the Brentano, JACK, Formosa, and Mivos quartets.

It's about time we had a box set from the Bangles, whose well-hooked, harmony-laden tunes provided some of the brightest moments on Top 40 radio in the 1980s.

Like the rest of the Bootleg anthologies, this one isn’t intended to be anything like a best-of collection. Instead, it aims to dig beneath the surface and hold a magnifying glass to Dylan’s creative process.

If you’re a Beatles fan (and who isn’t?) and don’t already own the first three compendiums, the Anthology Collection should prove irresistible.

On the strength of his recordings, I jumped at the chance to hear baritone Konstantin Krimmel sing Schubert live. His recital with pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz at 92NY proved his refined technique and impressive communicative ability work even better in concert.

"Nowadays, I can hear beauty in the flaws,” writes Tim Finn.

By the end of their set, the three calmly seated gentlemen had, wizard-like, cast their Persian musical spell over the hall.