5 Classical Albums You Can Listen to Right Now

Tyshawn Sorey’s Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) is a clear homage to Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel but shaped by Sorey’s own sensibility. The piece runs roughly three times the length of Feldman’s score, adds piano alongside celesta, and replaces alto and soprano voices with Davóne Tines’s bass-baritone as he gradually presents a setting of “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.” The result reads as more dramatic overall, with keyboard writing that feels both peaceable and peculiar; Sorey’s new Piano Concerto is due to premiere soon in Philadelphia.

Decca’s Lost Concert captures Luciano Pavarotti returning to a festival that helped shape his early career. The recording flattens some orchestral colors, yet Pavarotti’s presence remains luminous; an early rasp gives way to buoyant ease by “Tra voi, belle,” and his generosity as a live performer comes through in both repertoire and delivery.

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