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NPR's Renee Montagne reviews the career of record producer/pianist Teresa Sterne, who died over the weekend. Sterne was the creative vision behind Nonesuch Records between 1964 and 1979, championing not only new works by classical composers, but world music as well.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Under Construction (Warner) the fourth album by Missy Elliott.

They are generations apart but when Tony Bennett and k.d. lang team up, they sound like the perfect couple. Bob Edwards interviews the duo, who have recorded A Wonderful World, a new collection of songs identified with another great singer, Louis Armstrong.

In 1992, while grunge rock continued to hold high court on the sales charts and on radio station playlists, a number of important records found their way onto the World Cafe airwaves that year.

Guest >/>s: Benjamin K anters *Hired by Phillips in 1983 to help roll-out this new technology called the "CD" *a longtime recording engineer who now teaches audio-arts and acoustics courses at Columbia College i >/>n Chic ago Rick Karr *NPR Cultural Trend >/>s Corres pondent Joe Jackso >/>n *Singer, S ongwriter Chris Bilheimer *Graphic Desi />gner for the rock group REM Twenty years ago the compact disc changed the sound of music. Lasers instead of needles. Clear sound instead of scratchy. Now CDs are about sticker price and free downloading. Neal Conan talks about the future of CDs on Talk of the Nation from NPR News.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews rapper Paul Barman's new CD, Paullalujah.

Pianist Lara Downes' latest mini-album traces the story of the Great Migration of Black Americans from the south in the early to mid-20th century, with music by Florence Price and Harry T. Burleigh.

Music critic Milo Miles reviews the new box set: Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers: The Complete Specialty Recordings (Specialty label).

Phrenology, the latest release by The Roots, mixes funk, hip-hop, jazz and soul. Critic Tom Moon says the album proves that hip-hop can be provocative without aggressive, in-your-face rapping. It's on the MCA label. See http://www.mcarecords.com/artistMain.asp?artistid=49

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet sets out to record the complete solo piano works of French composer Erik Satie. The first disc in the project, The Magic of Satie, is now available. The musician talks with NPR's Liane Hansen.