{"id":2202512,"date":"2025-12-17T10:35:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2202512"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:35:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:35:23","slug":"the-10-best-classical-albums-of-2025-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-10-best-classical-albums-of-2025-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Best Classical Albums of 2025 : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Yanga<\/em>, the title track from the latest album by Gabriela Ortiz, tells the story of an African prince who rises out of enslavement in colonial Mexico.
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Lately it seems like every year, when I look back on my favorite classical albums, I always think, “Well, let’s face it: It’s been a pretty cruel year, and this is the music that helped get me through it.” I hate using music as a crutch, but it surely does offer a singular distraction. This year, the search for musical transcendence felt tougher than usual, as politics and world affairs sunk their claws into me. Perhaps that’s why I spent a lot of the year clinging to an 18-year-old Stars of the Lid album<\/a> like a freaking life raft.<\/p>\n