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

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 ...

Many of the classic songs of the 1950s not only defined ... The song won an award at the 1956 Oscars for Best Original Song. Sung by the doo-wop group The Penguins, “Earth Angel” was the ...

Classical music on record continues to thrive ... Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet from the Decca label. Ansermet was best known for founding L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, which he led ...

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 ...

Her voice was large but with a fresh, easy lightness to its texture, especially in top notes that had a casually ... Joshua Barone is the assistant classical music and dance editor on the Culture ...

From Aussies like Simone Young trailblazing on the world stage through to the improvisatory genius of Bill Bailey, 2024 was a great year for music.

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 ...