New Classical Tracks®

A new self-titled album featuring works by Ola Gjeilo offers a portrait of the composer, pianist, and lover of choral music.

Rachel Barton Pine grew up playing the music of J.S. Bach at her hometown church in Chicago, where there is even a stained-glass window of Bach himself.

Inspired by the music that most captured the attention of his baby daughter, Italian-American pianist Alessio Bax has put together an album of 17 pieces to appeal to parents, children and those discovering classical music.

When Swedish label BIS wanted to add music of Aaron Copland to its repertoire, it looked to Andrew Litton and the Colorado Symphony. 'I said, 'Sure, why not?' Litton recalls. 'We'll happily do Copland.'

Two longtime friends collaborate on recording the violin sonatas of two early Romantic-era composers. Itzhak Perlman and Emanuel Ax had had the idea for many years, and finally agreed to do the album while having dinner together.

On vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire's new album, 'Steal Away,' the group celebrates the first quintessentially American art form: the African-American concert spiritual.

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.