Claude Debussy, photographed ca. 1908. He died 100 years ago on March 25, 1918. Wikimedia Commons hide caption
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Peter Zummo's Frame Loop is out now. Kristopher Johnson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kian Soltani's debut album is called Home. Holger Hage/Deutsche Grammophon hide caption
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
Third Coast Percussion's new album, out Feb. 9, is called Paddle to the Sea. Saverio Truglia hide caption
Lea Bertucci's Metal Aether comes out Feb. 9 Alex Philipe Cohen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On their new album, Bang on a Can All-Stars wear stethoscopes to perform music by Arcade Fire member Richard Reed Parry. Lisa Bauso/Cantaloupe Music hide caption
A still from Ka Baird's "Metamorphoses" video. YouTube 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
Aaron Martin (left) and Dag Rosenqvist record as From the Mouth of the Sun. Laura Steele / Malin Johansson hide caption
Light Blooms in Hollow Space
Arcadi Volodos devotes his new album to the music of Brahms. Marco Borggreve/Sony Classical hide caption
The new album from the Philadelphia-based chamber choir The Crossing features music by John Luther Adams. Courtesy of Cantaloupe Music hide caption
On the new album Rímur, Trio Mediaeval teams up with trumpeter Arve Henriksen. Oddleiv Apneseth/Courtesy of ECM hide caption
Members of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus perform in Bryce Dessner's Black Mountain Songs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Julieta Cervantes hide caption
Childhood's Retreat
Caroline Shaw's "i will hold you" is performed by the choir called The Crossing, and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble. The album, Seven Responses, will be released Feb. 24. Andrew Musson hide caption
Caroline Shaw's Helping 'Hands'
The Naqsh Duo's debut album is called Narrante. Hessam Samavatian/ECM hide caption
Battle Trance. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Battle Trance, 'Blade Of Love I'
Soprano Anna Netrebko's new album, Verismo, is out Sept. 2. Harald Hoffmann/Deutsche Grammophon hide caption
Lubomyr Melnyk has been clocked playing 19 notes per second. Aleksandra Kawka hide caption
Polish composer Henryk Górecki, in Zakopane, Poland, in 1994 — two years after a recording of his Symphony No. 3 became a surprise hit. Górecki died in 2010. Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The New York-based orchestra Alarm Will Sound puts a fresh twist on The Beatles' most maligned song. Carl Sander Socolow/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Musicians from the French ensembles Dedalus and Muzzix have recreated an album by Moondog, originally released in 1971. Christian Mathieu/Courtesy of the artists hide caption