The baritone’s poignant song cycle, set to words by Margaret Atwood, will make its orchestral debut tonight
Christopher Monks directs a deft performance from the Armonico Consort in this recording of the late-Baroque composer’s only surviving oratorio
Eight tracks recorded late at night explore themes of loss, time and abandonment
The Brighton twosome pack a lot of action into songs that take aim at the ills of the world
Michel Krielaars’ illuminating account of the composers and performers who navigated the repressive Soviet system
The indie singer’s horror-inspired follow-up to ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ is eerily gripping
The rock band’s sixth studio album has suitable swagger with lead singer Alex Kapranos singing with a showman’s relish
The 1979 disco hit went on to be covered by artists such as Diana Ross and Miss Piggy
New York production of Verdi’s opera blows away stuffiness and features soprano Angel Blue among a stellar cast
This year, a spotlight will be shone on the work of two composers with diametrically opposite styles and attitudes
The 11 discs here contain some of the 8mn records shipped to front lines between 1943 and 1949
Director of music Graham Ross and the choir present five world premiere recordings of sacred works by Palestrina
The vocalist incorporates South African dance genres into a style of music she calls ‘future ghetto funk’
Women top charts for majority of weeks in 2024 and claim half of top 20 best-selling albums for the first time
The great soprano was rarely captured on film, but a biopic starring Angelina Jolie and a BBC documentary revisit her story
The musician on why leaders should listen before they talk — and the power of Strictly Come Dancing
The title of Charli XCX’s hit album heralded the return of recession pop and a new vibe for Gen Z
The FT’s critics pick the cream of the crop, from film and TV to art exhibitions, theatre, dance, games, pop and classical music
The Beatles launched a creative cluster that remains vital to the country’s financial future
The Gallagher brothers patch things up for an Oasis tour, plus albums from The Weeknd, Lady Gaga and more
Charles Ives’s violin and piano sonatas are given joyous performances in a two-disc set marking his 150th anniversary
The late musician was best known as Bob Dylan’s consigliere, but this remastered edition of his 1974 debut brings him into the spotlight
Celebrations of Pierre Boulez and Dmitri Shostakovich, a festival of Mahler and a Mark-Anthony Turnage twist on a cult Danish classic
Compilation of songs from 1971 to 1996 captures the country’s last decades in the bloc and its first years of independence
Michael Downes’ Story of the Century dives into the making of the composer’s monumental and controversial work
