Reviews music

Jefferson Friedman's sharply modernistic but accessible new 'The Heart Wakes Into' paired nicely with Brahms's Quintet in F minor at the Metropolitan Museum.

Mozart's unearthly achievement with his unfinished 'Requiem' was on glorious display.

A festive collection of early Christmas music that will soothe, cheer, and promote good will.

'Spirit: Then & Now' is an album filled with good listening.

This series of previously unreleased material just keeps getting better, nearly a quarter-century into its existence.

We were in the presence of a brilliant musical mind with a timeless sensibility, brought to life by an ensemble of singers who are surely among our time's finest interpreters of Josquin and the other polyphonists of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Kishi Bashi is a phenomenal talent and 'String Quartet Live' is an amazing showcase for both his abilities as a violinist and vocalist.

The ever-inventive Ian Anderson is back on the road with a high-concept multimedia repackaging of songs from the vast Jethro Tull catalog.

The deluxe edition contains the remixed and remastered '1' album, 124-page book, and two Blu-ray discs (also available in DVD) loaded with promos old and new.

This entertaining, amusing, and artistically rewarding evening evoked the music and the spirit of the Paris salon culture that sponsored and inspired many artists, musicians, and writers of great fame.