Classical

A bravura concert showed that the music on Virgil Boutellis-Taft's album 'Incantation' retains its power when stripped down to violin and piano.

Stellar technique and vast interpretive creativity make this wide-ranging release stand out among this year's many fine piano albums.

The All-Star Orchestra, an ensemble of top musicians from across America led by Gerard Schwarz, will offer classic symphonies and contemporary works in its sixth season.

The Ukrainian-American pianist read from her memoir 'Weight in the Fingertips' and played classics and music written for her in honor of the book's publication.

This four-CD set isa journey through a brilliant and ever-elastic musical mind, and a huge achievement for the pianist.

There was a bit of an underground vibe in Zankel Hall, The contrast between Kahane's performance as a troubadour and his creative energy as a classical composer is striking.

OSNY performed feats of strength at Carnegie Hall with its first 'Samson' in decades, with soloists including Nola Richardson and Lawrence Jones.

Concerts like this tribute to classical music's fun side are just what's needed to perpetuate love and support for the tradition.

'Loeffler was ultimately too American for the European musical establishment and too European for the maverick sound of the New World—a predicament that effectively wrote him out of both musical histories.'

Riverside Choral Society sang music of John Luther Adams and Alberto Grau and the New York premiere of 'The End of Rain' by Scott Ordway, an impassioned response to the California wildfires.