American composer Carlisle Floyd, photographed at his first home, in which he composed his best known opera, Susannah, in Tallahassee, Fla. in 2009. Scott Holstein/Tallahassee Magazine hide caption
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Christian Tetzlaff's new album features the two Violin Concertos by Béla Bartók. Giorgia Bertazzi hide caption
Elisabeth Moss stars in a new short film directed by George Belfield, with music by Max Richter. George Belfield hide caption
Violist Jonah Sirota, in this premiere video by Anthony Hawley, finds strength through sadness. Anthony Hawley/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Composer Thea Musgrave, at 90, is still composing music. Kate Mount/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thea Musgrave, The 90-Year-Old Composer With 80 Players In The Bullpen
Doug Perkins performs "Filigree," part of a longer work by composer Robert Honstein. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Matt Marks was an integral member of the contemporary music group Alarm Will Sound. Taylor Dixson hide caption
Olivia De Prato's new video, directed by James Darrah, features ecstatic music by Missy Mazzoli. James Darrah hide caption
John Corigliano and music director Alan Gilbert at the New York Philharmonic's Opening Gala in September 2016. Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for New York Philharmonic hide caption
John Corigliano On Composing At 80: 'An Adagio Is What I Look For'
Two of Florence Price's Violin Concertos, considered lost for decades, have been newly recorded. G. Nelidoff/Florence Price Papers, University or Arkansas Libraries hide caption
The (No Longer) Lost Concertos Of Florence Price
The 1983 Canadian Opera Company production of Elektra, the first to use supertitles. Courtesy of Canadian Opera Company hide caption
Violinist Robert Mann, accepting a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement award on behalf of the Juilliard String Quartet in Los Angeles in 2011 . Noel Vasquez/Getty Images hide caption
Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. He died Wednesday at age 55. Pavel Antonov/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Glenn Gould, with his gloves and wrist-warmers, in the Columbia Records studio where he recorded Bach's Goldberg Variations. Don Hunstein/Sony Classical hide caption
The Gould That Didn't Glitter: New Box Set Of 'Goldberg Variations' Outtakes
Opera director Yuval Sharon, seen here at his home in Los Angeles, was named a 2017 MacArthur Fellow. Roman Cho/John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hide caption
Members of the Danish String Quartet turn to folk music from their Nordic homeland for their new album, Last Leaf. Caroline Bittencourt/ECM hide caption
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Jonas Kaufmann's new album, L'Opéra, is a tribute to French opera. Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Classical hide caption
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs with the Russian National Orchestra directed by Vladimir Spivakov in 2004. Denis Sinyakov/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Composer Morton Feldman at the piano, ca. 1963. University at Buffalo Music Library hide caption
On the upcoming album New Worlds, actor and comedian Bill Murray teams up with cellist Jan Vogler and friends for music by Bernstein and Gershwin and poetry and prose by Whitman and Twain. Peter Rigaud hide caption
'I Feel Pretty/America' from Bernstein's West Side Story
The 'diamond ring' effect is shown following totality of the solar eclipse at Palm Cove in Australia's Tropical North Queensland on November 14, 2012. Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Aaron Martin (left) and Dag Rosenqvist record as From the Mouth of the Sun. Laura Steele / Malin Johansson hide caption
Experience From The Mouth Of The Sun's Guileless Beauty
The Grammy-winning Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir's new album is devoted to music by compatriot Tõnu Kõrvits. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Alan Gilbert (center) with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. He has left that orchestra and announced his new position as chief conductor of the NDR Elbphiharmonie, in Hamburg, Germany. Andrew Toth/Getty Images hide caption