New Classical Tracks®

Pianist Helene Grimaud has a new recording that puts the focus on music inspired by Earth's most precious resource.

As the long-running and much-beloved television series 'Downton Abbey' comes to an end, composer John Lunn has released a double album of the show's unforgettable music.

Recorder player Clea Galhano and guitarist Rene Izquierdo collaborate on a collection that brings together a number of rhythms from Latin America.

This week's New Classical Tracks offers an interesting collision between books and music. Henning Kraggerud composed 24 pieces in all the different keys, working from 24 original texts by author Jostein Gaarder.

For Joyce Di Donato, there's no place like Wigmore Hall; it feel likes home. So she paired up with Tony Pappano, the music director of the Royal Opera House, for a double CD project that combines Italian art song and American Songbook selections.

Manfred Honeck leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in two of Beethoven's most popular symphonies, No. 5 and No. 7. PSO horn player Bill Caballero says what makes this recording remarkable is that it's live.

Igor Levit is often referred to as 'the future of piano.' He's just released an ambitious three-CD set featuring three of the most demanding keyboard cycles.

Longtime friends, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan, have collaborated on this collection of works by Chopin and Rachmaninoff. 'We really felt this kind of primal, visceral connection to and love for this music,' Weilerstein says.

Arranger Steve Barta accepted the challenge of creating a symphonic arrangement of Claude Bolling's Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio. He found the experience both challenging and eye-opening.

Choral chamber ensemble Stile Antico released their 10th disc for Harmonia Mundi, a program of Christmas music from Flemish countries and Germany, filled with Renaissance polyphony.