It’s all in the name; the six volumes of Bartók’s Mikrokosmos were indeed the model for Afrikosmos, a sequence of 75 short pieces by South African composer Michael Blake (b.1951). As with the Bartók, ...

The concept and the packaging had made me far too sceptical. Once I had listened, I was won over by the sheer emotional presence and the persuasive whole-heartedness of Lisa Batiashvili’s violin ...

Amidst all the recent talk of a “vinyl resurgence” and the renewed admiration for physical media in music, one niche seems to miss its fair share of the attention. Countless reissues, think pieces and ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Pope Francis popped into a record store in Rome late Tuesday, exiting ...

ROME, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, a lover of classical music, slipped out of the Vatican on Tuesday evening to visit old friends who run a Rome record shop and came away with a gift of a CD. The ...