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Thursday December 16, 2021

NPR Music 2021 Staff Picks: Tom Huizenga

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The Best Music Of 2021: NPR Staff Picks

NPR Music 2021 Staff Picks: Tom Huizenga

December 16, 2021 • The NPR classical music critic shares his favorite albums and songs of 2021.

Wednesday December 8, 2021

The composer Julius Eastman died in 1990, but his music is experiencing a renaissance. The Los Angeles-based group Wild Up's jubilant recording of his 1974 work Femenine is one of the most remarkable classical albums of the year. Ron Hammond hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

The Top 10 Classical Albums of 2021

December 8, 2021 • Discover a broad range of the year's best classical albums, from groundbreaking teenage percussionists and innovative opera singers to fierce orchestral composers and brainy pianists.

Wednesday December 1, 2021

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Best Music Of 2021

NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021

December 1, 2021 • NPR's annual list of the year's best albums is full of work by musicians who hit career peaks, discovered their voices or willed something new into reality.

Thursday November 18, 2021

The fearless musical philosophy of Sofia Gubaidulina

A new album marks the 90th birthday of Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina. Peter Hundert/Deutsche Grammophon hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

The fearless musical philosophy of Sofia Gubaidulina

November 18, 2021 • A new album, marking the Russian composer's 90th birthday, is packed with probing works for huge symphonic forces.

The fearless musical philosophy of Sofia Gubaidulina

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