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Michael Daugherty's Metropolis Symphony, based on the story of Superman, received an impressive five Grammy nominations this year.

The singer Bilal has recorded his tune "All Matter" twice in recent years: Once with the pianist Robert Glasper, and once on his own sophomore album. The recordings aren't both jazz. But they both have a lot to do with it.

Hear the New Jersey-born composer's take on stars, birds and things that go "buzz" in the night, in a new recording of chamber music performed by the Daedalus Quartet.

On Countrypolitan Duets, Anna Wilson puts a jazzy twist on a handful of country standards — and enlists some big country stars to help her out.

The pianist Eldar Djangirov made his first tours and commercial recordings before he even left high school. Now 24, he's just released Three Stories, a solo album. Here, he discusses his artistic growth and his work with middle-schoolers.

The composer-in-residence for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bates has also been a DJ for 10 years. Here, he describes his double life in classical and electronic music.

Two hugely important recordings, made by pivotal musicians an ocean apart, were made on the same day in 1936.

Anonymous 4 sings a cappella music passed down from their 14th-century musical siblings: nuns in a Spanish convent.

Quiet City was music that Aaron Copland wrote for playwright Irwin Shaw. Shaw's play of the same name was a flop, and Copland's original score was never published. Now, there's an encore to this story.

The unforgettable singer and mother of an early music dynasty made more than 70 albums spanning centuries and continents.