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From the Boston Symphony Orchestra to Guerilla Opera to Boston Baroque, arts critic Lloyd Schwartz rounds up the performances he’s looking forward to this season.

The renowned director has been under house arrest in Russia but arrived suddenly in Hamburg to begin rehearsals this week. Few expected that Serebrennikov would be allowed to leave Moscow.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and Chief Executive Officer and David C. Bohnett Chief Executive Officer Chair Chad Smith announced new details of the LA Phil’s winter-spring programs at Walt Disney Concert Hall, from January 7 through June 14, 2022.

Levit Plays Brahms Second Piano Concerto Cleveland Orchestra teams up with pianist Igor Levit tonight at 7:30 at Mandel Concert Hall for a concert featuring Brahms’s towering Second Piano Concerto. Rounding out the concert is a new work by Hans Abrahamsen, whose work “Let Me Tell You” (performed by the Orchestra to great acclaim in 2016) has been called the "best classical work of the 21st century." The program repeats tomorrow and Saturday too. Check the Cleveland Or...

50 of the finest Mozart recordings in history, plus extracts from the original Gramophone reviews, a playlist, and links to the albums on Apple Music

Venerable older works and ambitious newer efforts were among New York Times critics’ favorite recordings this year. Andy Akiho: ‘Pillar I

The 25 best classical music tracks of 2021

Ten of the year's best releases, plus a bonus Christmas disc Reviews by Graham Rickson

Musings on what has emerged in 2021 and what hasn't.

Our chief classical music critic bids farewell with some thoughts about what should be preserved in the field he’s covered for decades.