Classical music on record continues to thrive ... The Complete RCA Victor Recordings”) in boxes that honor his work as music director of the Pittsburgh and Boston symphony orchestras, respectively.

Watch and listen to five recent highlights, including the “Brutalist” soundtrack, the soprano Barbara Hannigan and Strauss singers at the Met Opera.

OUSSAMA ZAHR There may have been no harder hitting one-two punch in music this year than Julius Eastman’s “Prelude to the Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc,” a harrowing solo vocal work ...