From the initial moments of the pianist Piotr Anderszewski’s recital at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night, a frisson of drama ran through his delicate balance of sound and space.

POP.

Vampire Weekend at Terminal 5 on Wednesday evoked another band whose members met in college and are still struggling with how to wear their success: Coldplay.

CLASSICAL.

Lil Wayne, whose album “Tha Carter III” has been one of the year’s best sellers, received Grammy Award nominations in eight categories.

“Cadillac Records” is a rollicking and insightful celebration of Chicago blues in its hectic golden age.

Notable holiday albums — Christmas, mostly, with a little Hanukkah thrown in — are reviewed by the pop and jazz critics of The New York Times.

JAZZ.

Miguel Zenón’s “Esta Plena,” a work in 10 parts, will be performed for the first time this week, Thursday through Sunday, at the Jazz Gallery in the South Village.

Christmas, Michael Feinstein and Frank Sinatra: three different, tenuously connected worlds collided Tuesday evening at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, where Mr. Feinstein brought a drastically revamped version of his annual holiday extravaganza.

Morris Robinson offered an overview of his strengths in a varied, if oddly organized, recital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday evening.

Odd sounds kept appearing when Kassin+2, a band from Rio de Janeiro that’s grounded in Brazilian pop and familiar with funk, rock and Caribbean and African music, performed at Nublu on Tuesday night.

Just as CBGB is getting its due alongside John Lennon’s piano and Jimi Hendrix’s guitar, its ownership and legacy are being challenged by a lawsuit that has riven the family of its proprietor, Hilly Kristal, who died last year.

Months ahead of time Wayne Shorter’s 75th birthday concert at Carnegie Hall was being described as a kind of collaboration with Imani Winds, a classical wind quintet.

Over the weekend, just before the city of Venice became nearly impassable, a production of Monteverdi’s “Return of Ulysses,” devised by William Kentridge, had a short, magical run at the ancient Malibran Theater.

ArtsBeat is live-blogging the announcement of the 2008 Grammy Awards contenders.

ArtsBeat is live-blogging the announcement of the 2008 Grammy Awards contenders.

ArtsBeat is live-blogging the announcement of the 2008 Grammy Awards contenders.

ArtsBeat is live-blogging the announcement of the 2008 Grammy Awards contenders.

The singer, whose voice wove together American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday.