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It’s easy to get stuck in a musical rut. The amount of new music th… more »

eMusic’s Holiday Crowd-…

Looking for holiday music to appeal to everyone from grandma to your youn… more »

Classic Film Scores From Naxo…

Old Hollywood film scores by composers like Korngold, Steiner, Waxman and… more »

Icon: Pierre Boulez (as compo…

The story most often told about composer Pierre Boulez is the one about t… more »

Bang On A Can 25th Anniversar…

The inimitable art-music collective Bang On A Can turns 25 this year. The… more »

eMusic Essentials

From timeless classics to today’s leading trendsetters, eMusic is t… more »

Discover: Antoni Wit

Naxos Recordings — one of classical music’s most adventurous,… more »

Icon: The Kronos Quartet

“Music is a huge place,” violinist David Harrington once said… more »

2012 GRAMMY® Nomin…

The 2012 GRAMMY® nominations are in, and frankly, we’re … more »

Buyer’s Guide: 28 Essen…

Curious about classical music but don’t even know where to begin? J… more »

Discover: Italian Opera

Italian opera has always been an international affair. One of its greates… more »

eMusic Guide to Decca

The Decca catalogue is a vast feast, a label that lovers of concert music… more »

Icon: John Adams

Whenever a new composer “arrives,” a portion of the ensuing e… more »

Discover: Modern Classical Ma…

Photo: Philip Glass Ever had your mind blown by some thrilling, strange n… more »

What We’re Listening To…

Remember, during the halcyon days of the video store, the “Staff Pi… more »

Icon: Herbert von Karajan

Few classical performers have had their careers tied as closely to the re… more »

Icon: Luciano Pavarotti

In a world where classical musicians tend to reside in a cultural ghetto,… more »

Icon: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky belonged to a generation of creators, inventors, artists … more »

Icon: Steve Reich

We organize our lives in patterns – rituals that repeat, from morni… more »

Icon: Leonard Bernstein

Bernstein overflowed with so much musical energy and he distributed pleas… more »

A User's Guide to Michael…

Michael Nyman is best known for providing the singularly neo-baroque, min… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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