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The dance of death, an ancient image that inspired Thomas Adès to compose his Totentanz. Wikimedia Commons hide caption
Run The Jewels. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pop Smoke's Meet the Woo 2, released less than two weeks before his death, is one of the best albums of the month. Joseph Okpako/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption
British composer Thomas Adès leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and soloist Kirill Gerstein, in the premiere performances of his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra at Symphony Hall in Boston. Winslow Townson/Deutsche Grammophon hide caption
Augustin Hadelich's latest album spotlights violin concertos by Johannes Brahms and György Ligeti. Patrick Long/Warner Classics hide caption
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean by John Luther Adams is one of NPR Classical's favorite albums of 2014. Cantaloupe hide caption
Violinist Augustin Hadelich pairs a classic concerto with a contemporary one on this new album. Rosalie O'Connor hide caption
Hadelich: 'Sibelius, Adès Violin Concertos'
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Can you make out to Mozart, or shack up to Chopin? Composers can turn on the sex appeal when necessary. iStock hide caption
Architect Frank Gehry designed the brand new home of the New World Symphony, in Miami Beach. Claudia Uribe/New World Symphony hide caption
'Waidio' by Khaira Arby
Conductor Simon Rattle has been making records for EMI for 30 years. EMI Classics hide caption
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky. courtesy of the artist hide caption
Daniel Bjarnason, from Iceland, is among a new crop of young composers equally conversant in classical and popular music. Bedroom Community Records hide caption