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NPR Classical

By Tom Huizenga

Published August 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM EDT

Disco Beethoven loves his summer bangers.

Updated August 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM EDT

Updated Aug. 28, 2025: Time for another round of new releases. Check out these scintillating tracks released this summer by the likes of Simone Dinnerstein, Barbara Hannigan and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, plus Tania León's Pulitzer-winning Stride, and Yuja Wang plays Shostakovich.

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

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.