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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.

The notions of freedom, democracy and free speech are sometimes difficult for adults to comprehend and express. NPR's Neva Grant visits a group of eighth-graders trying to make sense of the First Amendment. It's part of Morning Edition "Citizen Student" series on civics education.

Doctors are struggling to treat two diseases that have reached epidemic proportions in American children: asthma and obesity. Physicians at Boston's Children's Hopsital have given cameras to their young patients to document what goes on outside the doctor's office. And as Madge Kaplan reports, the tapes are revealing a side of kids' lives doctors rarely see, but probably should.

Twenty-two-year-old violinist Hilary Hahn has quickly established herself as a convincing performer of a wide variety of music. Many of the world's top musicians love playing with her. From a concert she gave with pianist Garrick Ohlsson at the Skaneatales (SKAN-ee-AT-eh-less) Festival in upstate New York, we'll hear a lively and angular encore, "Parasha's Song," by Igor Stravinsky. 4:30 Visit Hilary Hahn's Web site

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.