Music
When performed with this high level of polish and poise, even Mozart’s darkest music can make you smile.
In four (more) projects from 2024, jazz-oriented composers supply some of the decade’s best music so far.
Some rugged individualists may want to break out of the corporate cycle of dependency. If they do, they might even come across music they love that they would never have dreamed existed in the Spotify universe.
Any opera lover will find much to admire and enjoy in this work, based on a famous 27-strophe poem by Friedrich Schiller that Schubert set in its entirety to music.
The model here is clearly Ornette Coleman’s early quartets on Atlantic but, in the hands of these trios, it’s clear there’s much that’s still fresh left to explore in this 65-year-old style.
The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorite albums.
If there’s a documentary on this list that you want to see and it isn’t readily available, I’d suggest following it on social media or checking if its website has an email list that will announce future screenings or streamings.
On his live recordings, B.B. King displayed his brilliant use of stagecraft and pacing. He was one might call a mastro of manipulation.
Our popular music critics pick some of the standout albums and performances of 2024.
Our classical music critics supply their favorites, albums and concerts, from over the past year
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