This debut album shows the artist on swaggering form, scattering punchlines with mature confidence
Mark Elder and the LSO are compelling in this epic, little-performed work from the Aix festival
The hip-hop star pulls no punches in this self-funded release, the first from her own label
Jazz meets a vibrant range of influences in the Korean-American bandleader’s third album
In a mesmerising collaboration, the two musicians entwine very different styles
The Guatemalan musician’s new record offers art-pop songs that are affecting, engrossing and richly textured
The Melbourne quartet’s fourth album is irrepressibly joyous and alluringly weird
Neil Tennant and David Gilmour are among the many notable guests in this diverse and intriguing programme of music
The fivesome’s debut album has the roaring momentum of a young band ready to go
The group’s debut album makes careful and artful use of controversial ingredients
The conductor and the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala capture the Italianate splendour of ‘Inno delle nazioni’ and ‘Quattro pezzi sacri’
The drummer shows off his post-production skills on a record where influences range from Miles Davis to early dub
The baritone brings out the darker side of the composer’s vocal writing in a recording for his centenary
The long-awaited release of a 1965 live recording of the Georgia Sea Island Singers is musicologically fascinating
The singer-songwriter mingles dreamy melodies with unsettling excavations of a troubled childhood
The Irish folk group bring otherworldly energy to this remarkable and intense live set
Childish Gambino and Anderson .Paak are among many guest vocalists, but the songcraft feels unvarying and flat
The composer celebrates her Mexican roots in three works performed by the LA Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel
The trumpeter and pianist conjure an intimate vibe in a recording of slowly unfolding pleasures
In one of her best albums yet, the UK singer mixes electropop and dance numbers with a new emotional vulnerability
Western motifs are laid on heavily, from Ennio Morricone-style whistling to neighing horses
Basslines churn and riffs storm on the Louisiana band’s new record
She evokes dark hours full of possibility, with help from flute, harp and Elvis Costello on the Wurlitzer
A dozen works from the experimental composer present a virtuoso display of sounds
The Californian rapper returns from an excursion into making darkly comic TV with a thoughtful record
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