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Published June 20, 2019 at 10:01 AM PDT

Composer and conductor Daniel Bjarnason's new album is titled The Grotesque & the Sublime. — Composer and conductor Daniel Bjarnason's new album is titled *The Grotesque & the Sublime*.

Updated April 2, 2026 at 9:03 AM PDT

Updated April 2, 2026: Need to catch up on classical recordings? Try this spring bouquet of new releases from composers Osvaldo Golijov, Kevin Puts and Thomas Adès, plus albums from The Tallis Scholars, Tanya Tagaq, Mary Lattimore, Alice Sara Ott, Daniel Bjarnason and the Turtle Island String Quartet.

Need a deep discovery experience? Try 1,000 years of music in this playlist from NPR Classical's Tom Huizenga, which explores everything from new releases to old favorites, and classics from the dawn of the recording era. Our mantra: Bach, Beethoven, before and beyond.

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Tom Huizenga is a producer for NPR Music. He contributes a wide range of stories about classical music to NPR's news programs and is the classical music reviewer for All Things Considered. He appears regularly on NPR Music podcasts and founded NPR's classical music blog Deceptive Cadence in 2010.

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