OUSSAMA ZAHR There may have been no harder hitting one-two punch in music this year than Julius Eastman’s “Prelude to the Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc,” a harrowing solo vocal work ...

Naysayers be damned. Classical music on record continues to thrive, or so it seems judging from the plethora of boxed sets that have come our way this year. As ever, milestone birthdays were ...

By Joshua BaroneCorinna da Fonseca-WollheimZachary Woolfe and Oussama Zahr The New York Times’s classical music and opera critics see and hear much more than they review. Here is what hooked ...

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Show more Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with ...

I’m a sucker for a well-produced box set ... earthy Shostakovich (try his terrifying version 11 th Symphony) and cogent performances of music by Bliss, Britten and Vaughan Williams. DG’s William ...

From an extravagant reinvention of the orchestral experience to the Proms, our expert selects the hottest tickets of the year With some of my choices for this year’s classical and jazz concerts ...

In a special edition of Essential Arts, the arts and culture experts at The Times reveal what they're most anticipating in ...

The nation’s favourite choirmaster, Gareth Malone, is joining Classic FM to host an eight-week series to introduce the ...