When pianist Yuja Wang wore a tight orange mini-dress in a performance earlier this month, she touched off a debate about whether sexy concert attire detracts from the experience of the music — and whether we should even be paying attention to what classical musicians wear.

At least, that's the message of these album covers. Alternatively: Sex sells everything.

The death of the original "Bess" from Porgy & Bess comes at a time when people are reflecting on breaking the color barrier in classical music.

The Charles M. Schulz Museum's exhibition "Schulz's Beethoven: Schroeder's Muse," explores the connection between, um, Schroeder and Beethoven. "If you don't read music...then you lose out on some of the meaning," says the curator. [IHT]