Thomas Ades

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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

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean by John Luther Adams is one of NPR Classical's favorite albums of 2014. Cantaloupe hide caption

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

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