Classical Recordings, From A Cappella to Zukerman

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
For the newcomer to classical music, walking into the classical-music section of your local record store can be a daunting experience. Suddenly, you're faced with a bewildering assortment of CD's and you seldom have a road map to navigate by. Today, Ted Libbey, formerly of NPR's Performance Today, moves beyond the arcane language and insidery talk and shares his secrets to buying and appreciating classical music, detailed his new book "The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music." Also on the show is Cassandra Wilson. She's one of today's most-respected jazz vocalists and is known for blurring the lines between jazz, folk and blues, as she does on her new CD, "Thunderbird," which was produced by veteran producer T-Bone Burnett. She joins us today.

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