This month, favorite holiday albums old and new are in the CD spotlight at WXXI Classical.

This month, favorite holiday albums old and new are in the CD spotlight at WXXI Classical, with a few Rochester connections.

On this WXXI Spotlight CD, a clarinet, cello, and piano trio led by Romie de Guise Langlois, Dmitri Atapine, and Hyeyon Park showcases new works by well-known American Composers.

It’s been a wild and creative season in Rochester and the Finger Lakes region. Here are four new albums that have come out of our community that are making waves locally and nationally.

WXXI Classical's CD spotlight is a "polished and vibrant" recording of a beautiful puzzle of a song cycle, given as a wedding gift from one musician to another.

A new release from the Grammy-nominated Neave Trio explores identity through music.

Symphonic music for many moods from the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Pulitizer-Prize winning composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich in WXXI's CD Spotlight July 30th through August 12th. Read more and listen up.

Scotland past and present meet in a pair of excellent recordings of baroque music by the Ensemble Marsyas, featured as WXXI Classical's CD Spotlight.

Listen to this subtle conversation with the past.

A new recording of Heinrich Biber's strange and beautiful "Mystery Sonatas" with violinist Alan Choo and Apollo's Fire. Read more and tune in to WXXI Classical to hear this music on our CD Spotlight.