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There is a purity in their stripped down performance, an infectious emotional honesty; this is a duo that works.

Jefferson Friedman's sharply modernistic but accessible new 'The Heart Wakes Into' paired nicely with Brahms's Quintet in F minor at the Metropolitan Museum.

Mozart's unearthly achievement with his unfinished 'Requiem' was on glorious display.

A festive collection of early Christmas music that will soothe, cheer, and promote good will.

The Russian composer's long and active residence in New York City makes any celebration here of his work seem exceedingly fitting. With Russian-American soprano Dina Kuznetsova, baritone Shea Owens, and theremin player Dalit Warshaw joining pianist/arranger Steven Blier and pianist Michael Barrett, the NYFOS's tribute was a stellar evening.

'Spirit: Then & Now' is an album filled with good listening.

This series of previously unreleased material just keeps getting better, nearly a quarter-century into its existence.

We were in the presence of a brilliant musical mind with a timeless sensibility, brought to life by an ensemble of singers who are surely among our time's finest interpreters of Josquin and the other polyphonists of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Kishi Bashi is a phenomenal talent and 'String Quartet Live' is an amazing showcase for both his abilities as a violinist and vocalist.

Ric Todd, Drawing Lines Ric Todd’s new EP Drawing Lines crashes out of the gate with the heavy blues-rock of “Red Letter,” followed by the bouncier but still gritty “Something Real.” These smartly conceived songs combine crisp, stark modern production with traditional retro-rock attitude; in pure sound terms they’re superb. …