Media

Sometimes artists make their most daring leaps using recorded media. Our expert staff collects and selects the most interesting recordings, books, movies, and videos to review here, helping you keep track of the music scene from the comfort of your home.

Jason Victor Serinus - November 17, 2018

A deluxe set captures the highpoints and variations in the revered ensemble’s marvelous sound over the decades.

Allan Kozinn - July 20, 2018

In the latest recordings from Robert Honstein and Rob Schwimmer, the soloist is the whole story, while Simone Dinnerstein and A Far Cry take on Philip Glass's Piano Concerto No. 3.

Jason Victor Serinus - July 10, 2018

The first complete recording of the famous 1937 agit-prop opera is surprisingly timely.

Andrew Gilbert - June 27, 2018

A lost Coltrane album and a document of the final tour Miles Davis and Coltrane made together.

Michael Zwiebach - June 26, 2018

Jazz pianist Dr. Valerie Capers talks about her album Wagner Takes the A Train.

Allan Kozinn - June 19, 2018

Keeping up with these quartets isn't easy, because, as new recordings show, they are always doing something new.

Allan Kozinn - April 28, 2018

Du Yun's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera breaks new ground, as does composer Andy Akiho and the duo Subtle Degrees.

Jason Victor Serinus - April 10, 2018

Anderson's Landfall is an unmissable work, created with Kronos, while countertenor Fagioli blows away the competition in Handel arias.

Allan Kozinn - January 29, 2018

New albums show contemporary musicians and groups can do rock and folk and classical well.

Allan Kozinn - October 27, 2017

With the structure in place, Bang on a Can continues to spread its gospel, looking forward rather than at its accomplishments.