Recordings of the Month for May include Jeff Beal’s new album for mental health awareness, Alexandre Tharaud’s collaboration with a baseball team’s worth of pianists, a newly completed Beethoven cycle and the latest from All Classical Portland’s Recording Inclusivity Initiative.
Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is internationally known for his outstanding career in jazz. Many don’t know that he has also found success in classical music. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and on episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ host Steve Seel features works that touch on mental health concepts, but are also, purely coincidentally, by composers of Persian ancestry. Later, hear modern works with religious connotations. Listen now!
On this week’s episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ the Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio presents its latest recording, featuring all of Beethoven’s piano trios. Listen now!
The 86-year-old Kyiv native, living in exile in Berlin, has a new album of symphonic works that explores the idea of reminiscence.
On the latest episode of ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel celebrates moms, grandmas and mother figures — human and otherwise — with music from ‘Steel Magnolias,’ ‘Forrest Gump,’ ‘Dumbo’ and more. Listen now!
Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit' is an unforgettable and mesmerizing classic that speaks to racial violence and anti-lynching legislation. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.
The Oxford Dictionary defines “gallimaufry” as “a confused jumble or medley of things.” It’s that kind of grab-bag of selections we enjoy on the latest episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ with works from Ying-Hsueh Chen, Juri Reinvere and Rob Deemer. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ tenor Jonathan Tetelman pays tribute to Giacomo Puccini, whose 100th death anniversary falls in 2024. Find out more!
NPR's Scott Simon talks with composer Jeff Beal about his new collection of solo piano works, "The New York Etudes," and about living and working with multiple sclerosis.
