Recent works by Gabriela Ortiz, choral music by David Lang and unreleased recordings by Radu Lupu are among our selections.

I've bought records, cassettes and digital music in the past. But now, I'm growing my compact disc collection.

Compact discs, or CDs, were revolutionary when they first emerged as a new medium for listening to music in the 1980s. Part of their success is alluded to in the name itself: the slim, compact size of ...

Most of us store our favorite music on a digital playlist, but March marks an anniversary for those of us who remember when music came on something physical. Forty years ago, in March 1983, Billy Joel ...

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For quality purposes, some people prefer to use home audio CD players over streaming to listen to their favorite tunes.

Paste has been in existence since July 2002, but it’s taken 22 years for us to sit down and make a “Greatest Albums of All Time” list. Every reputable outlet has done this at some point or another; ...

CDs aren’t exactly cutting-edge in 2025. Since the peak years around the turn of the millennium, sales have plummeted because streaming services like Spotify have taken over. But there are still times ...

If you ask people if they're buying music CDs these days, the answer is increasingly likely to be no. Sales of music CDs are plummeting. So far this year, CD sales are down 20 percent. NPR's Wendy ...

There have been many formats introduced for playing music over the years, but none have dominated more than CDs. After ...

The compact disc gave us our first taste of digital music – and we liked it. Upon its arrival in the U.S. in March 1983, the sleek 4.7-inch plastic and aluminum disc – about the size of a drink ...