Mothers and daughters are loving this new book series from Disney Hyperion. SERAFINA AND THE BLACK CLOAK is a spooky, mystery-thriller about a brave and unusual orphan girl who lives in the basement of Biltmore Estate amidst the opulence of the Gilded Age, where she's been warned to stay hidden away from the fancy-dressed folk who live on the floors above. But when she sees a man in a black cloak commit a terrible crime, Serafina knows she's the only one who knows the clues to follow. In order t

Someone get that man a drink! 🥃 A fantastical passage of sheer sonority brings Scriabin's vibrating Piano Sonata No 5 to its unorthodox close, performed unmistakably, of course, by Marc-André Hamelin. | Hyperion Records

A virtuoso fugue, BWV860 in G major, from Mahan Esfahani, Harpsichordist's forthcoming album of Bach's Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1. Mahan writes in his notes: 'Much of the language used by Romantics to describe Bach's output inspires devotion and awe, but very little love'. Be that as it may, there is lots to love about his forthcoming album … | Hyperion Records