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Another of this year's crop of classical Grammy nominations is Nikolaus Harnoncourt's recording of Dvorak Slavonic Dances with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. We hear the Dance, Op. 46, No. 6. (Teldec 8573-81038)

Abravanel conducts Vaughan Williams: The late Maurice Abravanel is the man of the hour. His 100th birthday is today, January 6. Later in the hour, we'll hear from his recording of music by Ippolitov-Ivanov. First, the Fantasia on Greensleeves he recorded with the Utah Symphony.

Need a break from the trussed-turkey-and-sugarplums fare that typically adorns Yuletide tables? On Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan talks with Joan Nathan, author of Jewish Cooking in America ; and Ming Tsai, cookbook author and chef-proprietor of the restaurant Blue Ginger in Wellesley, Mass.

In a quest for music that is not typically heard on the airwaves, All Things Considered is talking to people around the country to find out what's in their CD players and tape decks. This week, Eric Levin (luh-VIN), co-owner of the independent record store Criminal Records in Atlanta, Georgia tells Host Steve Inskeep what he's been listening to. Eric's musical selections are: "Favorite Girl" by Joseph Arthur from the album "Redemption's Son" (Enjoy/Universal ASIN: B00007E6WW) and "Talk to me Dance with Me" by Hot Hot Heat from the album "Make Up the Breakdown" (Sub Pop ASIN: B00006L3PY). Eric also is listening to comedy from David Cross's album "Shut up you F**king Baby"(Sub Pop ASIN: B00006YXH0). (6:18)

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) says he will step down as Senate Republican leader following a furor over remarks that seemed to endorse America's segregated past. Lott faced a Jan. 6 vote on his status as incoming majority leader and a challenge for the post from Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN). Hear from NPR's Alex Chadwick and NPR's David Welna.

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) says he will step down as Senate Republican leader following a furor over remarks that seemed to endorse America's segregated past. Lott faced a Jan. 6 vote on his status as incoming majority leader and a challenge for the post from Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN). Hear from NPR's Alex Chadwick and NPR's David Welna.

In 1959, seven now-legendary musicians in the prime of their careers went into the studio to record five simple compositional sketches. The result was a universally acknowledged masterpiece, the best-selling jazz album of all time: Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.

Mother-daughter Act: We'll hear Dvorak's "Silent Woods," played by young cellist Alisa Weilerstein (ah-LISS-ah WEYE-ler-steyen). It's music from her debut recording. Her mother, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, plays the piano. (EMI Classics 7243 5 73498 2 6)

Jeremy Dances: We'll hear a preview from this week's artist-in- residence at Performance Today: young American pianist Jeremy Denk. It's a selection from a recital he gave a year ago at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Denk plays the Courante from the Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830, by Johann Sebastian Bach. (Tom Stephenson's Emmanuel Audio Recordings of Boston)

Songs of the Lovelorn: We'll hear the "Hour of the Shepherd," a wry piece by Jean Francaix (zhah(n) frah(n)-SAY). The three movements each have a wry title. There's "The Old Boyfriends," "Pin-up Girls," and "The Nervous Teenagers." It's a performance by members of the Camerata Pacifica. We'll hear flutist Adrian Spence, oboist Andria Ridilla, clarinettist Emily Bernstein, bassoonist John Steinmetz, horn player Steve Becknell, and pianist Joanne Pearce Martin. It's from a concert they gave April 6th in Santa Barbara, California. (Opus One Mobile Recordings of Santa Barbara)