As 2012 comes to a close, we’ve collected our favorite iPad apps of the year for current and future classical music lovers.

As the holidays approach, let us help you find that perfect present for the classical music fans on your list.

As many music lovers prepare for Thanksgiving meals, we've sniffed out the five tastiest feasts that are served up on the opera stage.

We’ve combed through the compilations, and found five of the more original albums conceits available, from the naughty to those for your pets.

To commemorate Carter’s complex musical output, his cutting wit and his generosity toward fellow musicians, we’ve collected our favorite five videos featuring the composer and his work.

Chuck Berry famously demanded Beethoven “Roll Over” to help usher in a new era of rock and roll. But rather than eschewing the famous German composer, popular musicians started quoting him in their works.

"Saturday Night Live" and Comedy Central don’t have a monopoly on political satire. Commentary on the state of government has been showing up in for centuries in operas by Monteverdi to John Adams.

An advertising campaign for the English National Opera’s production of Don Giovanni showing an opened condom wrapper has caused stir in London. Are the posters obscene, or just provocative?

Sports teams aren’t the only attractions that pack the seats with boldface names. We’ve collected the top fanatics you’d recognize who dot concert halls and opera houses.

With New York’s newest venue opening its doors this past week, raves and critiques about the Barclays Center are streaming in. What would you want to see there?

Uncertainty surrounds many American orchestras as the new season gets underway. But all is not dire. Here are five opening-night concerts that excite us for the months ahead.

As a multi-million dollar scandal unfolds this fall, we rounded up the five most infamous crimes committed in the 21st century from around the classical world.

Not all of the visionary director's productions have been well received. Here are five that created drama both on stage and off.

From astronaut flutists to a string quartet played on helicopters, here are five far-out examples of airplanes and aerospace technologies in classical music.

A recent New York Times essay advocated for tough and incisive arts criticism. None of the nominees spent much time parsing new music but we've selected five who could write in a barbed style.

A recent study shows that people that listen to music at work are more productive. Here are our suggestions to help you get through the day.

These five current performers stand out for taking risks on stage with energy and daring.

As nations vie for athletic superiority at the London Olympics, the Greater London Authority has created an international measuring stick to assess a location’s cultural merit. See where New York ranks.

Lip-synching, questionable arrangements and bruised national egos have marred the musical portion of the Olympics over the decades. Here are five musical controversies.

We’ve collected five pieces initially though unplayable, but eventually were performed. Luckily, we listeners are the beneficiaries.