Music Genres

Andy Kozar plays all the trumpet parts on a selection of contemporary music scored for as many as 36 trumpets.

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.

Two recent EPs of spiritually-inspired vocal music have struck me as the winter holidays approach.

A set of 16 piano pieces by Adam Roberts is replete with pianistic virtues, thanks to a symbiotic connection between the score and pianist Conrad Tao.

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.

Each segment lasts only a few minutes at most, so you're always anticipating what the next "anthem" will sound like. Still, each makes its point.

This was of the most satisfying chamber music performances I've experienced in NYC this year.

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.