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A new album, marking the Russian composer's 90th birthday, is packed with probing works for huge symphonic forces.

From an intriguing East meets West merger to Vivaldi played with velocity, NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Jacki Lyden explore a wide range of new classical releases.

The Academy Awards are a little more than two weeks away.

The Kennedy Center was created by bipartisan legislation signed by former President Eisenhower in 1958. President Trump appointed himself and members of his administration to the board.

A performance of the masterpiece will be transmitted into space on Saturday. The waltz has been associated with space travel since its inclusion in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

2011 can be summed up by one album that landed in January and dominated the rest of the year: 21.

Brad Turner is a digital editor at Colorado Public Radio. He hosts Centennial Sounds, a podcast about contemporary classical music featuring exclusive performances and conversations with composers. Brad oversees digital content for CPR Classical and CPR's OpenAir, and contributes music and arts coverage to CPR News.

On this edition we talk with ProPublica's Jennifer Smith Richards about her recent story showing how the Trump Administration cut funding for Oregon deaf and blind students in the name of rooting out DEI. Then, we talk with our own reporter Zac Ziegler about a local public radio station having to cut NPR programing to save money.

NPR's Rachel Martin spoke to the pianist about Phenomenal Women, the most recent mini-album in the series, in which Downes re-recorded the work of some deeply impactful female composers.

On Friday the Boston Globe published allegations accusing of the conductor of sexual, emotional and physical abuse in the 1960s and '70s, in behavior that former students describe as "cult-like."