It’s fair to say to say that such “Best-Of” lists are inherently daft if one clings too literally to the idea of “Best.” Still, I have been making “Best of the Year” lists for classical music since ...

If the famed Bluebird Café in Nashville was a venue for only intimate, symphonic, acoustic performances of popular songs, that would be the personification of classical musician Charles Dixon's ...

Narrowing a list to just 10 is always a painful game. This year, amid a multitude of albums, I found favorite musicians (Víkingur Ólafsson), newcomers (the young Aizuri Quartet) and familiar players ...

French Baroque Music – Music by Leclair, Lalande, Couperin, Rameau Jean-François Paillard (Erato) I’m a little suspicious of orchestras named after their conductors, though it was recently pointed out ...

The American Classical Orchestra has unveiled its 41st season in 2025-26, with performances spanning four orchestral concerts led by Founder and Artistic Director Thomas Crawford at Alice Tully Hall, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Hear our critics’ favorites, crossing six centuries, compiled over a year of listening. By Anthony Tommasini Zachary Woolfe Joshua BaroneSeth Colter ...

Given everything the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Young Strings has reached for over its 30-year history, no single student could embody it. But Matthew Morgan might come close. Morgan, who grew up in ...