New Releases Oct. 28: A Potpourri of Folk and Classical

Big names across the classical and folk music worlds have released a number of entertaining albums to lighten up the shorter, fall days.

American Takes Top Prize at International Chopin Piano Competition

Eric Lu from Massachusetts is the first American pianist to win the award since Garrick Ohlsson in 1970.

Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97

His songs included "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park," "The Old Dope Peddler" (set to a tune reminiscent of "The Old Lamplighter"), "Be Prepared" (in which he mocked the Boy Scouts) and "The Vatican Rag."

Music Inspired by Greek Mythology

Greek mythology is replete with dramatic and musical potential.

New Releases Jul. 22: American Music, Bacewicz, León, Rachmaninoff, Silvestrov

American composers, and explorations of works by Grażyna Bacewicz, Tania León, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Valentin Silvestrov.
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