This year, a spotlight will be shone on the work of two composers with diametrically opposite styles and attitudes
The 11 discs here contain some of the 8mn records shipped to front lines between 1943 and 1949
Director of music Graham Ross and the choir present five world premiere recordings of sacred works by Palestrina
The vocalist incorporates South African dance genres into a style of music she calls ‘future ghetto funk’
Women top charts for majority of weeks in 2024 and claim half of top 20 best-selling albums for the first time
The great soprano was rarely captured on film, but a biopic starring Angelina Jolie and a BBC documentary revisit her story
The musician on why leaders should listen before they talk — and the power of Strictly Come Dancing
The title of Charli XCX’s hit album heralded the return of recession pop and a new vibe for Gen Z
The FT’s critics pick the cream of the crop, from film and TV to art exhibitions, theatre, dance, games, pop and classical music
The Beatles launched a creative cluster that remains vital to the country’s financial future
The Gallagher brothers patch things up for an Oasis tour, plus albums from The Weeknd, Lady Gaga and more
Charles Ives’s violin and piano sonatas are given joyous performances in a two-disc set marking his 150th anniversary
The late musician was best known as Bob Dylan’s consigliere, but this remastered edition of his 1974 debut brings him into the spotlight
Celebrations of Pierre Boulez and Dmitri Shostakovich, a festival of Mahler and a Mark-Anthony Turnage twist on a cult Danish classic
Compilation of songs from 1971 to 1996 captures the country’s last decades in the bloc and its first years of independence
Michael Downes’ Story of the Century dives into the making of the composer’s monumental and controversial work
‘He Moved Through The Fair: The Complete 1960s Recordings’ traces the musician’s influence across eight discs
Company co-founders reaped $900mn in gains this year
Written in the 19th century, the story of the Magi has been jazzed up, folkified and adapted for the playground
The baritone was accompanied by his longtime collaborator Gerold Huber and sang works by Schumann including ‘Liederkreis, Op.39’
His global Got Back tour drew to a punchy, 36-song close at London’s O2 Arena
Plus, Tindersticks make a soulful and quietly insistent return with ‘Soft Tissue’
From Charli XCX’s buzz summer hit to English Teacher’s debut, our pop critic picks the year’s releases to catch up on
Recorded a decade ago, the Danish guitarist’s slowly unfolding harmonies give space to an excellent ensemble
