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Verdi's tightly wound masterpiece swirls heartfelt sentiment together with appalling violence and genuine tragedy, along with some of the most familiar tunes he ever composed.

The jazz vocalist is fond of the music that bookends the Great Depression, but the postwar American songbook of the 1950s finds a home with her, too. Her latest album, Inside This Heart of Mine, features songs from both eras, performed in Russell's intimate and contemporary style.

In a transitional period between different groups with Miles Davis and Anthony Braxton and his fusion band, Return to Forever, Chick Corea recorded a series of solo piano improvisations in 1971. Those recordings and a 1983 follow-up have been reissued in a three-CD box set.

Hear re-imagined pre-Colombian music and arias from the jungles of Brazil and beyond, chosen with the help of Tom Huizenga from NPR Music's Deceptive Cadence.

The celebrated tenor pairs music and wine with three seasonal dishes from his home country.

The pianist says it's not getting any easier for him to perform unaccompanied — that it's both liberating and incredibly risky. But he says his new improvised solo recording, made in Brazil, is one of the best he's ever made.

One of the rare jazz bassists to become a formidable bandleader, McBride has just released two albums: a set of intimate duets called Conversations with Christian, and a big-band affair called The Good Feeling.

Bypassing histrionics, McFarlane takes a suspenseful route in "More Than Mine (Alternate Take)."

Hear the towering – and polarizing – author in conversation about his 4,000-page book, The Oxford History of Western Music.

The jazz pianist and composer usually dwells in New York's downtown music scene. Lately, she's added an unexpected weapon to her arsenal: toy piano.