When the new music picks are this plentiful, why wait until December to reveal which albums have caught the eyes (and ears) of Globe music writers this year? Here are 20 favorite releases from 2025.

With our 56th annual Newport Classical Music Festival having drawn to a close this week, I find myself already looking ahead ...

Williams, best known for his film work, has a parallel career in classical music. His concerto, haunted by the ghosts of jazz past, is premiering at Tanglewood.

Wang’s mother is a dancer and her father a percussionist; few if any artists in classical music present a more energetic and ...

The 2025 edition of Piano Days @CLE will feature a Jewish artist known for her innovative and energetic performances. Natalie ...

Verdi can be played on original instruments, too. Teatro Nuovo presented Verdi’s “Macbeth” using 19th-century period ...

Michael Abels writes scores for Jordan Peele. He won a Pulitzer Prize for the opera “Omar.” Now, the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center shows off his classical side.

By late July, the peak of the summer classical music festival high season has arrived, anchored by concerts at Tanglewood in ...

Sergei Rachmaninoff thought his original piano sonata was too long—so in 1931, he revised it. The result is a streamlined ...

As we move into high summer, some classical music producing and presenting organizations are also shifting into high gear. - ...

Following its successful 56th annual summer festival, Newport Classical presents its fifth full-season Chamber Series held on ...

Why still hear classical music live? What can a concert by your local orchestra offer, when there are more than 100 years of unsurpassable recordings available to listeners?