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What Spatial Audio Can and Cannot Do for Classical Music

Immersive audio formats, while newer for pop, have been used by composers for decades. But not all works call for…

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Jerry Moss, the ‘M’ of A&M Records, Is Dead at 88

In partnership with Herb Alpert, he turned a small independent label into a powerhouse with a roster full of superstars.

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For Classical Music, Every Summer Is a Liberation

During a time of year in which anything can be a stage, the joy of music making has room to…

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A Farewell to Mostly Mozart, and to Its Music Director

Louis Langrée led a week of concerts to conclude his two-decade tenure with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra.

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The Artist and Mystic Who Collected the World

Harry Smith lived many lives. “Cosmic Scholar,” a new biography, details his earthly ones.

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This Is the Music America Needs

In an Era of Extreme Polarization, Can Music Bring Us Together? Listen to the music that inspired this piece and…

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Secret No More: Louis Armstrong Center Amplifies Satchmo’s Vision

New jazz and exhibition spaces, and an inaugural show curated by Jason Moran, feature the trumpeter’s “wonderful world” in full,…

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Review: An American Opera Gets the Attention It Needs Abroad

Anthony Braxton’s “Trillium X,” part of a sweeping cycle of operas that began in the 1980s, finally premiered in Prague.

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‘Spamalot’ Revival to Open on Broadway This Fall

The new production, directed by Josh Rhodes, had a brief run at the Kennedy Center in Washington in May. Casting…

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Britpop’s Back. But What Happened to Cool Britannia?

Some of the biggest ’90s bands are playing major gigs across Britain again, and headlining festivals abroad. Yet Britpop’s swaggering…

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