The Kennedy Center's profile has already shifted. If the shutdown is approved by a federal judge, its primary stages will not ...

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This is FRESH AIR. FRESH AIR's classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz has often spoke about the American mezzo soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson who died 20 years ago at 52. A new release of a remastered ...

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Bridgers' third solo album is her account of a time in which she retreated from the public eye, reeling from the effects of ...

Pianist Jon Batiste has been busy. He's offering three new albums at once: one tribute to Mozart and two tributes to Thelonious Monk.

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Conductor Ben Palmer leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Chorus in this Handel anthem for Classic FM Live with Viking. Beloved by choral connoisseurs and football fans alike, 'Zadok the ...

The New York-based string quartet's new album Rhythm Nation teems with beats ranging from West Africa and Venezuela to jazz standards and Janet Jackson.

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Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director, takes us on a tour through the handwritten score of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.