Hello, this is Times music critic Mark Swed. After spending some quiet moments over the Memorial Day weekend perusing Apple Music Classical, I’m filling in for the Essential Arts’ essential Carolina A ...

The post 16 Classical Albums The National’s Bryce Dessner Thinks Everyone Should Own appeared first on Consequence. Rubbing elbows with icons of Western art music like Philip Glass and Steve Reich, ...

Apple Music Classical has the hi-res streaming files that audiophiles demand, plus an editorial team that’s not afraid to suggest which recordings are the best places to start with an individual ...

Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode How we experience time. A 30-minute symphony can drag on if you don't know what to listen for. Music director Robert Franz shares four tips to help you feel ...

In giving Apple Music Classical a test spin, a user finds the app providing more varied and interesting points of entry for casual and experienced classical fans than its parent app, Apple Music I’ve ...

Apple said it was building a standalone app for classical music when it purchased, and subsequently shut down, the Primephonic streaming service. That was 2021, and until now, we haven't known when ...

Happy New Year, Essential Arts readers! 2025 is already shaping up to be a feast of a year in terms of arts and culture in Southern California, and we here at The Times are ready to eat up. Here are ...