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Hear the iconic pianist play a wide range of music, from Brahms and Gibbons to Schoenberg and Strauss.

With a sweetly ferocious style, the alto saxophonist bridged the post-bop of the 1950s and '60s to the jazz fusion of the '70s and beyond. For the anniversary of his birth, hear some of the recordings which made him jazz royalty.

Craft beers now compete with fine wines at chefs' tables. Our musical sommelier matches classical pieces with the perfect brews.

Watch and hear a handful of clips that form an introduction to the master provocateur's work.

Festival organizers also know that they present a music whose creators get better and wiser with age. Surely enough, this year's lineup recognizes the continuing creativity of bandleaders like Jack DeJohnette, Dianne Reeves and Pat Metheny.

The author of a newly reissued Robert Schumann biography presents a guide to the misunderstood composer's life and music.

The pianist pioneered bebop-style improvisation at his instrument. His biographer, Peter Pullman, selects five tunes which represent the brilliance of a desperately uncompromising artist.

Hear an excerpt of a brilliant new set of Beethoven concertos featuring pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim.

In the liner notes to his 2012 trio album Accelerando, the pianist and composer Vijay Iyer wrote: "[T]his album is in the lineage of American creative music based on dance rhythms." Dancing in rhythm and exemplifying creativity, here are 10 records which belong to that great lineage.

Terrorism, worrying about China and immigration from Mexico — these sound like topics for Obama vs. Romney, but these pressing political issues have also found their way into today's opera houses. Watch excerpts from five contemporary operas that grapple with these hot potatoes head-on.