Lately it seems like every year, when I look back on my favorite classical albums, I always think, "Well, let's face it: It's been a pretty cruel year, and this is the music that helped get me through ...

To say we were spoilt for choice in choosing 10 classical recordings from 2025 for your Christmas stocking would be putting it mildly. Despite the endlessly repeated prophecies of the “death of ...

An untold number of albums have been released since the long-playing record came into being amid the technological and cultural explosion of the 1950s. In my 30 years as a music journalist, I have ...