New Classical Tracks
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New Classical Tracks: Music that changed the world
It's been 100 years since the famous premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps). Simon Rattle talks about its historic opening night, and the music that still packs a punch.
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New Classical Tracks: Rachel Barton Pine
Rachel Barton Pine is never at a loss for new musical projects. Her latest, titled Violin Lullabies, is one she's had in the back of her mind for years.
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New Classical Tracks: Exiles, Emigres, and Nomads
Lara Downes's new disc, "Exiles' Cafe," explores music by composers who have left their homelands -- music that she says speaks of "vanished worlds and altered lives."
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New Classical Tracks: A Renaissance Box of Chocolates
The singers of Stile Antico perform without a conductor, and achieve a choral sound that has made them one of the most acclaimed new groups of recent years.
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New Classical Tracks: Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
On their new disc of contemporary works, the members of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet show off the sonic versatility of their instruments.
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New Classical Tracks: Mozart in Vienna
Rudolf Buchbinder talks about improvisation, recording Mozart on an early piano, and working in Vienna, a city where you "breathe music with the air."
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New Classical Tracks: "Annelies" Recounts the Story of...
The diary of Anne (Annelies) Frank has inspired artists in many fields. Composer James Whitbourn's work is the first major choral setting of her diary.
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New Classical Tracks: The Prince of Music
The singers of The Sixteen have embarked on a recording project devoted to Giovanni Palestrina, the composer called "The Prince of Music." Their newest disc includes music for Easter and Holy Week.
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New Classical Tracks: The Chemistry Between Barry...
As pianist Barry Douglas explains, Brahms is a composer for whom he feels a special affinity. He's now begun recording the complete Brahms piano music.
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New Classical Tracks: Music of Questions and Few Answers
When Sibelius wrote his Fourth Symphony it was considered to be strange and dark. Vanska instills in the Minnesota Orchestra the passion he's developed from living and breathing these works.
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New Classical Tracks: Prepare for Goose Bumps
Violinist Joshua Bell, who is now also conductor Joshua Bell, talks about his new recording and the excitement of Beethoven's symphonies.
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New Classical Tracks: The Music of "Downton Abbey"
Behind the many stories of "Downton Abbey," there's a musical background telling us about the characters' lives. Composer John Lunn tells us more.
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New Classical Tracks: Violin at the Movies
The music on Nicola Benedetti's new disc all has a film connection, from the Ladies in Lavender theme to the lush violin concerto by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
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New Classical Tracks: Romantic Fare from a Mezzo
Elna Garana's new disc traces love in its many dimensions, as revealed through opera arias for mezzo-soprano.
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New Classical Tracks: Quatuor Ebene
On their fifth recording, The Ebene Quartet introduces you to the many facets of Felix Mendelssohn. Enjoy a free download from the disc!
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New Classical Tracks: Piano Variations
According to Emanuel Ax, writing variations on a theme is a way for composers to show off what they can do. On his new disc, he lets us hear how Haydn, Beethoven, and Robert Schumann flex their muscles.
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New Classical Tracks: Reflections on Mozart
The young Canadian Jan Lisiecki plays Mozart on his new disc. Though he's just 17, he clearly brings a wealth of reflection to his performance of these two concertos.
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New Classical Tracks - Game Music
Famed violinist Angle Dubeau debuts "Game Music"
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New Classical Tracks: "On the Shoulders of Giants" -...
The latest disc from the singers of Cantus begins with the so-called "Notre Dame" school of the Middle Ages, and makes its way to music by an Indian film composer.
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New Classical Tracks: Beethoven's Piano Duets
Two pianists can share one keyboard -- but it takes a bit of doing, especially when dealing with the kind of pianos Beethoven would have known. Amy and Sara Hamann discuss the delicate dance of piano-duet playing.
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New Classical Tracks: From Heavenly Harmony
A new disc by the ensemble Ludus Baroque -- their name means "play" -- revels in Handel's Song for St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
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New Classical Tracks: Celtic Christmas Vespers
Jeannette Sorrell leads the acclaimed Baroque ensemble Apollo's Fire. Their new holiday disc imagines a vesper service combining chant, dance, and Celtic carols.
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New Classical Tracks: Tao Lin & Tomas Cotik - Franz...
Violinist Tomas Cotik was studying at the Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto when he auditioned for the New World Symphony. Seven years later, Tomas is a professional, and a member of the Delray String Quartet.
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New Classical Tracks: Joyce DiDonato - Drama Queens
Throughout "Drama Queens," you'll hear one aria after another that may move you to tears.
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New Classical Tracks: Modern Mandolin Quartet - Americana
Everything about "Americana," the seventh and newest recording from the Modern Mandolin Quartet, is a lot of fun.
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New Classical Tracks - Returning to Chopin
According to superstar pianist Lang Lang, Chopin's music is both accessible to the ear, and daunting to the fingers.
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New Classical Tracks - Delius at 150
The Englishman Frederick Delius, born 150 years ago, got his start as a composer on a Florida orange plantation.
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New Classical Tracks - French Flair
The latest disc from Stephen Hough offers a tasting menu of the nonchalance, humor and occasional melancholy of French piano music.
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New Classical Tracks - Mitsuko Uchida and The Cleveland...
Concertmaster William Preucil relishes his role with the Cleveland Orchestra. He gets to see the interaction between orchestral musicians, conductors, and soloists, and how it all comes together.
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New Classical Tracks - Biss and Schumann
What unites the Schumann and Dvorak piano quintets on this recording is their sheer joy, which is what you'll experience when you listen to these performances with Jonathan Biss and The Elias String Quartet.
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New Classical Tracks: Chilly Gonzales - Solo Piano II
Chilly Gonzales is a classically-trained Canadian-born musician from the MTV era whose goal is to be a man of his time. When he's not improvising at the keyboard, he's dabbling in rap, pop, and electronic music.
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New Classical Tracks - Not Your Usual Elevator Music
A chance encounter leads pianist Leif Ove Andsnes to undertake a multi-year musical journey.
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New Classical Tracks - Hirundo Maris
When artists perform ancient songs, ballads or dances, they often bring them to life in a fresh, personal way. It was a shared love of ancient music that led Arianna Savall and Petter Udland Johansen to form a new group three years ago.
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New Classical Tracks - Buchbinder's Beethoven
For renowned pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, performing live in front of an audience gives a musical energy which can't be obtained any other way.
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New Classical Tracks - African-American Voices
Composers ranging from Scott Joplin to Alvin Batiste are featured on a new disc by clarinetist Marcus Eley.
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New Classical Tracks - Memories of Argentina
Mirian Conti's new disc presents piano music that she grew up with in her homeland of Argentina, by composers whose names will be new to many.
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New Classical Tracks - American Flute Quintets
Flutist Carol Wincenc has been teaching and performing for 40 years. She started as an orchestral player and has long been known as one of America's leading solo artists.
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New Classical Tracks - Visions of Debussy
Discovery, philosophy, visions in sound and images -- Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov finds all of these in the music of Claude Debussy, whose 150th birthday is celebrated this month. We are giving away five copies the this new disc.
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New Classical Tracks - Endlessly Refreshed and Refreshing
How a young New York chamber orchestra finds the links connecting Schubert and Morton Feldman, Philip Glass and Satie.
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New Classical Tracks - Milos Karadaglic CD Giveaway
As you listen to "Pasion," the second solo recording by Milos Karadaglic, you'll find plenty to enjoy -- from tour de force showstoppers to contemplative works that transport you to another world. We are also giving away five copies of the disc.
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New Classical Tracks - Exploring with the Viola
The viola doesn't often appear in a solo role, but David Aaron Carpenter is working to change that, on a new disc with three concertos, now recorded for the first time.
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New Classical Tracks - Beethoven for All
This summer Daniel Barenboim has been conducting his first Beethoven symphony cycle in London. He's the first conductor since Henry Wood in 1942 to direct all nine symphonies in a single BBC Proms season. The culmination of this complete cycle happens on opening day of the Olympics when Barenboim leads the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
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New Classical Tracks - 1612 or 1812?
A new disc of sacred music from Italy includes multiple choirs, multiple organs, and even cannon blasts. Director Robert Hollingworth explains the story behind "1612 Italian Vespers."
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New Classical Tracks - A Harpist's Album
Yolanda Kondonassis is one of America's foremost players of the harp. Her new discs compiles high points of two decades of making recordings.
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New Classical Tracks: American Composer Richard...
American composer Richard Danielpour says it's difficult to remember all the works he's composed over the years; however, he'll never forget the composition he considers to be his first opus, a piece he wrote in 1988 titled "First Light."
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New Classical Tracks: Vanessa Perez
Vanessa Perez is an American-born Venezuelan pianist who has loved making music since she was a little girl. Vanessa Perez is spreading her love of music by releasing a new collection of Chopin Preludes which also includes four additional solo piano works.
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New Classical Tracks - A Mesmerizing Choral Blend
By superimposing traditional sacred music of Norway with classical church music, the Oslo Chamber Choir creates a unique choral experience.
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New Classical Tracks - A Young Pianist's Bold Beethoven
Beethoven's sonatas are one of the pinnacles of the piano repertory. At age 24, HJ Lim has recorded all of them.
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New Classical Tracks - More Than Just Popcorn
Angele Dubeau devotes her new disc to movie themes -- sometimes in arrangements that give the familiar melodies a new spin.
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New Classical Tracks - Ola Gjeilo
At age 34, Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo is pretty lucky to be making a living as a freelance composer. But then again, he never imagined himself doing anything else, "It's something I always wanted. And I believe if you really want something, and for the right reasons, then it usually happens."
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New Classical Tracks - Michala Petri
Numerous composers have been inspired to write works specifically for Michala Petri and her very simple instrument, creating a wonderful legacy for the recorder.
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New Classical Tracks - The Jazzy, Challenging, Elegant...
JoAnn Falletta focuses on George Gershwin in her latest disc. She talks about the myriad qualities she finds in his music.
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New Classical Tracks - Music of the Spheres
Baroque meets multimedia in "The Galileo Project," from Tafelmusik.
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New Classical Tracks - Unchartered Waters
This new recording titled, "Unchartered Waters," features music that crosses boundaries, both musically, and demographically. In fact Alison Melville says she was tickled when a friend wanted to purchase an additional copy recently after loaning her copy to her son, "I loaned it to my son who is 14," she told Melville, "and he really liked it. And then he loaned it to a friend of his and I have never seen it since."
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New Classical Tracks - Fantasia
Yuja Wang has just made her fourth solo recording, "Fantasia," and you could say that night life is actually one of the themes of the album.
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New Classical Tracks - Water Night
Eric Whitacre is a choir geek and he's so proud of it he's created tee shirts that you can purchase on his web site that read "Choir geeks of the world unite!"
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Dreaming of Trumpet
From an early age, Alison Balsom has been captivated by the trumpet: its look, its sound, its master performers, and its many-sided personality. Her new disc, which celebrates the modern trumpet, includes a new concerto written for her.
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Harp, Not Harpsichord, in Bach's Sonatas
A new Bach disc combines violin with an instrument that Bach himself rarely used -- the harp. Its gradations of loud and soft add a new dimension to the performance of these pieces.
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New Classical Tracks - An Influential Young Pianist
Benjamin Grosvenor is making a big splash nowadays, in his native England and internationally. He's just 19, but a lot of mature thought has gone into his new disc of virtuoso piano music.
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New Classical Tracks - Brass Attack
The Canadian Brass has been generating buzz about the brass quintet for more than 40 years. In concert, they're known for their outstanding musicianship and their wacky theatrics. On their new CD, "Takes Flight," you'll get a taste of those unique stage antics, and a full sense of what they've accomplished so far, as well as what's in store as they launch into their next era, with new faces and, as always, fresh repertoire.
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New Classical Tracks - Making the Case for Montsalvatge
The name of composer Xavier Montsalvatge is unfamiliar to many, thanks in part to political isolation, but a new centennial CD may change that.
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New Classical Tracks - Triple doubles
Double your pleasure with a new release from the Sarah Hicks and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.
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New Classical Tracks - A Scottish Take on the Italian...
You might be wondering why Nicola Benedetti has a Scottish accent if her parents were both born in Italy. They moved to Scotland when Nicola was just a child, so she grew up with one foot in both cultures. Her latest recording, titled "Italia," allows her to celebrate both aspects of her heritage, by playing Italian music with a Scottish orchestra.
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New Classical Tracks - Stories Told on Trumpet
Once upon a time, in Norway, there was a little girl with a trumpet. Today, in her early twenties, she's traveling the world as a leading performer.
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New Classical Tracks - Musical Speech: The Poetry of...
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein's love of Bach is a constant. And on her latest recording, she once again returns to Bach's musical world. But this time, she also chose to include music by another of her favorite composers: Franz Schubert. The music she chose to record has a beautiful and very communicative quality, and she wanted those qualities to represented by the title of the new release: Something Almost Being Said.
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New Classical Tracks - Air, The Bach Album
On Anne Akiko Meyers' latest release, titled, "Air, A Bach Album," which celebrates the music of Bach, she experimented with a technique familiar to the world of popular music.
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New Classical Tracks - An Evening at Versailles
The group Trio Settecento has a new disc, exploring the French Baroque - Rameau, Couperin, and their contemporaries. The group's founder, violinist Rachel Barton Pine, relishes the intimacy and expressiveness of this music.
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New Classical Tracks - Sibelius from Minnesota
Conductor Osmo Vanska has begun recording the Sibelius symphonies with the Minnesota Orchestra. Though he's been intensely involved with the composer's music for years, he finds it as compelling as ever.
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New Classical Tracks - Tchaikovsky, Played with...
In which violinist James Ehnes talks about Tchaikovsky, working with a celebrated pianist-conductor, nerdiness, and "Magnum P. I."
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Why Is Ravel's Violin Sonata like a Croissandwich?
On a new disc, Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk share their insights into French music for violin and piano, from the days of Impressionism, to the Jazz Age.
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New Classical Tracks - Spanish Masters, in the Past and...
The Spanish composers Falla, Granados and Albeniz were also performers who made recordings in the era of cylinders and 78s. Thanks to new technology, we can now hear them perform in modern sound, alongside musicians of our day.
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New Classical Tracks - "Must-Have" Discs of 2011
Julie Amacher and Valerie Kahler look back at the best new releases from 2011.
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New Classical Tracks - Colors of Christmas
John Rutter: his name is synonymous with Christmas. Every year, his recordings appear on the radio and choirs around the world sing his arrangements and original carols.
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New Classical Tracks - A Fiddler's Christmas
Fiddler Mark O'Connor is a musician and a composer who has been stretching the boundaries of music for years. And with this new recording, he does it yet again: traditional holiday favorites re-worked in his signature Americana style.
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New Classical Tracks - Grand Piano Christmas
Why should choirs have all the fun? Jeffrey Biegel's new disc celebrates Christmas at the piano. He serves up a bit of everything—carols, classical repertoire, and some arrangements that combine the two.
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New Classical Tracks - From Diva to Diva
Angela Gheorghiu is one of the leading stars in the opera world of today. Her new disc of arias pays tribute to an earlier soprano whose star still burns brightly - Maria Callas.
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New Classical Tracks - In the Moment with a Musical Rodeo
Improvisation, rhythm and musical dialogue reign supreme for cellist Yo-Yo Ma and three very musical friends. Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, and Stuart Duncan join Ma for "The Goat Rodeo Sessions," a new recording of music that transcends any kind of specific categorization and proves that great things happen when you make yourself live in the moment.
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New Classical Tracks - Taking a Chance with Mozart
A new, unplanned and exciting take on some of Mozart's piano concertos. Over the past 25 years, French pianist Hlne Grimaud has released something like 20 CDs - but only now, and only after a little controversy about cadenzas and conductors, has she released her first full Mozart recording.
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New Classical Tracks - The Vivaldi Connection
A new disc shows the appeal of Antonio Vivaldi’s music in transcriptions old and new. Among the offerings: Bach arranging Vivaldi for four harpsichords, and a modern concerto blending baroque inflections with tango.
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New Classical Tracks - Charlie Siem: Keeping It Fresh
Whether it's a beloved standard concerto or some less-familiar repertoire, young violinist Charlie Siem always aims at bringing out the full color and energy of the music he performs.
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New Classical Tracks Encore - Bach's Oboe
In work after work, J. S. Bach gave wonderful solo parts to the oboe. On a new disc, those concertos are gathered together by a master soloist and musician, Heinz Holliger.
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New Classical Tracks - Liszt, Piano Hero
Piano dynamo Lang Lang is paying multiple tributes to Franz Liszt in this anniversary year: with a broadcast in movie theaters on Oct. 22, and with this new CD (with a companion DVD due later in the fall).
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New Classical Tracks - Hommage to Liszt at 200
Franz Liszt wrote some formidably difficult piano music. But on her debut disc, Khatia Buniatishvili argues that his compositions offer much more than mere virtuoso display.
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New Classical Tracks - Classical Roots, Many Branches
The guitar is a classical instrument--but it's also a jazz instrument, a bossa nova instrument, and so on. On her new disc, Sharon Isbin celebrates her instrument's many lives, with some surprising guest artists.
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New Classical Tracks: Piano Poetry
To play Chopin at the highest level requires years of work and deep knowledge of the music. But the goal, says young pianist Ingolf Wunder, is to make it all sound as spontaneous as possible.
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New Classical Tracks: Brahms - From Keyboards to Brass
This new disc features pieces by Brahms originally conceived for organ or piano--here reimagined for the lush sonorities of the Canadian Brass.
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New Classical Tracks - From Azerbaijan, a Recommendation
A new disc offers two colorful ballet scores of the Soviet era--not by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, or Khachaturian.
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New Classical Tracks - A Debut Album of Romantic Arias
This new disc introduces a young singer from the Republic of Georgia, still in her 20s, who stepped in for an indisposed star at the last moment. Now she's singing lead roles at the world's foremost opera houses.
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New Classical Tracks - New Bottles (Uncorked by the...
A "Firebird" with West African rhythms? Jeremiah Clarke's famous march--deconstructed and reassembled? These are some of the treats on a disc that reimagines classical standards for today's orchestra concerts.
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New Classical Tracks - Murray Perahia: A Survey of Bach
Murray Perahia is one of the world's leading pianists, and his latest release gathers together all of his recordings by the composer who has meant more to him than perhaps any other: J. S. Bach.
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New Classical Tracks - Violist Carefully Polishes Rare...
Recently the bird watching world was all a flutter when a gray-hooded gull, from possibly Africa or South America, showed up on the shores of Coney Island.
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New Classical Tracks: Eloquent Mozart from Uchida
The pianist Mitsuko Uchida has been involved with Mozart's music since childhood. Her new CD revisits two of his concertos--one stormy, the other light-hearted and whimsical.
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New Classical Tracks - The Music of Harry Potter
This week, the new Harry Potter movie is making its way to the screen--the last film in this enormously popular series. What role does music play in creating that cinematic experience? Composer Alexandre Desplat, the man behind the screen, explains.
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New Classic Tracks - A Young Guitarist Making His Mark
Milos, the young guitarist who goes by his first name, grew up in the former Yugoslavia, far from the main currents of the classical music world. But at age 28, he's making his debut on a major label, with a Mediterranean-themed disc reflecting music of Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey.
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New Classic Tracks - Early American Music, from Ballads...
Jeannette Sorrell and her group Apollo’s Fire are usually found performing the works of Bach, Monteverdi, and other Baroque masters. But on their new disc, they celebrate American spirituals, ballads, and barn dance music.
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New Classical Tracks - A Celebration of Franz Liszt
This year is the bicentennial of Franz Liszt, an iconic figure of Romantic music. To mark the occasion, the remarkable Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire is releasing a disc of his personal Liszt favorites. Nelson Freire – Liszt, Harmonies du Soir (Decca 478 2728)
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New Classical Tracks for 6/15/2011
For a small country, Finland has produced an inordinate number of conductors with international careers: Salonen, Vnsk, Saraste, and now Pietari Inkinen. His latest disc is part of his ongoing Sibelius cycle, and features the sweeping Symphony No. 2. Sibelius – Symphony No. 2, Karelia Suite – Pietari Inkinen/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Naxos 8.572704).
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New Classical Tracks for 06/08/2011
The Spaniard Pablo de Sarasate was one of history's great violinists -- and a composer as well. On her new disc, Tianwa Yang takes on the challenge of his music, which can be both charming, and spectacularly difficult. (Album info: Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra, Vol. 3 [Naxos 8.572275])
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New Classical Tracks for 06/01/2011
Gabriel Pierne - BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano (Chandos 10633)
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New Classical Tracks for 05/25/2011
Mitsuko Uchida/Cleveland Orchestra - Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20 and 27 (Decca 15498)
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New Classical Tracks for 05/18/2011
Poeme - Julia Fischer, Orchestre philharmoinque de Monte-Carlo/Yakov Kreizberg (London 15535-02)
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New Classical Tracks for 05/11/2011
Glazunov - Complete Concertos: Jose Serebrier/Russian National Orchestra (Warner 67946)
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New Classical Tracks for 05/04/2011
Cantus: That Eternal Day (Cantus 1210)
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New Classical Tracks for 04/27/2011
Yuja Wang: Rachmaninoff
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New Classical Tracks for 04/20/2011
Joseph Suk: Fairy Tale-Fantastic Scherzo (Naxos 8.572323)
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New Classical Tracks for 04/13/2011
“Resonances”: Helene Grimaud, piano. DG 15154
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New Classical Tracks for 04/06/2011
Daniel Hope: The Romantic Violinist: A Celebration of Joseph Joachim (Deutsche Grammophon 15312-02)
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New Classical Tracks for 03/30/2011
Angele Dubeau - John Adams Portrait (Analekta 8732)
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New Classical Tracks for 03/23/2011
Simone Dinnerstein - Bach: A Strange Beauty (Sony 88697)
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New Classical Tracks for 03/16/2011
Andrew Davis/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Chandos 5086) (Courtesy of Chandos)
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New Classical Tracks for 03/09/2011
Gustavo Dudamel/Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela - Tchaikovsky & Shakespeare (DG 15296)
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New Classical Tracks for 03/01/2011
Janine Jansen & Itamar Golan - Beau Soir (Decca 15249)
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New Classical Tracks for 02/23/2011
Gabriel Pierne - BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano (Chandos 10633)
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New Classical Tracks for 02/16/2011
Lisa Batiashvili - Echoes of Time (DG 477 9299)
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New Classical Tracks for 02/09/2011
Gabriela Montero - Solatino (EMI 41144)
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New Classical Tracks for 02/02/2011
Boston Symphony Chamber Players: Plain Song, Fantastic Dances (BSO Classics 1005)
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New Classical Tracks for 01/26/2011
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K364/Violin Concertos No. 1 in B flat major K207 & No. 3 in G Major K216 - Lara & Scott St. John/The Knights
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New Classical Tracks for 01/19/2011
Simone Dinnerstein - Bach: A Strange Beauty (Sony 88697) (Courtesy of Sony Music)
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New Classical Tracks for 01/12/2011
James Ehnes - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto/Octet: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra (Onyx 4060)
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New Classical Tracks for 01/05/2011
Ensemble Caprice - Salsa Baroque (Analekta 9957)
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New Classical Tracks for 12/29/2010
Big talent from a small town, poise and maturity from a youthful group, lost music found, and a surprising reinterpretation of an old favorite.
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New Classical Tracks for 12/22/10
Noel - Angele Dubeau & La Pieta (Analekta 8730) (Courtesy of Analekta)
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New Classical Tracks for 12/15/10
Bryn Terfel - Carols and Christmas Songs (DG 14914)
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New Classical Tracks: 12/08/10
A Chanticleer Christmas – (Chanticleer Records CR 001)
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New Classical Tracks for 12/01/2010
Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker" - Simon Rattle/Berliner Philharmoniker (EMI Classics 46385) (Courtesy of EMI Music)
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New Classical Tracks for 11/24/2010
Elina Garanca - "Habanera" - Karel Mark Chichon/Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della Rai (DG 14777)
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New Classical Tracks for 11/17/2010
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K364/Violin Concertos No. 1 in B flat major K207 & No. 3 in G Major K216 - Lara & Scott St. John/The Knights
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New Classical Tracks for 11/10/2010
Elgar: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B minor -- Nikolaj Znaider, Sir Colin Davis/Staatskapelle Dresden (RCA 88697)
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New Classical Tracks for 11/03/2010
Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin 1610 - Seraphic Fire and Western Michigan University Chorale - Patrick Dupre Quigley (SFM 107)
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New Classical Tracks for 10/27/2010
Eric Whitacre - Light and Gold; Eric Whitacre Singers; Laudibus; King's Singers (Decca 2743209)
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New Classical Tracks for 10/20/2010
Jack Gallagher: Orchestral Music (Naxos 559652) - JoAnn Falletta/London Symphony Orchestra
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New Classical Tracks for 10/13/2010
Brahms: Horn Trio, Op. 40; Mozart: Horn Quintet, K. 407 (386c) (adapted for trio) -- Jeff Nelsen, horn; Ik-Hwan Bae, violin; Naomi Kudo, piano (Opening Air ODR 7384)
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New Classical Tracks for 10/06/2010
Marina Piccinini & Brasil Guitar Duo -- Bach Flute Sonatas (Avie 2196)
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New Classical Tracks for 09/29/2010
Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20 and 27 - Evgeny Kissin/Kremerata Baltica (EMI 26645)
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New Classical Tracks for 09/22/2010
Dvorak – Symphonies No. 7 & 8 – Marin Alsop/Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Naxos 8.572112)
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New Classical Tracks for 09/14/2010
Alondra de la Parra - Mi Alma Mexicana (My Mexican Soul) (Sony 75555)
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New Classical Tracks for 09/07/2010
Sinfonia Juventus -- "Sinfonia Juventus and its Soloists, Vol. 1" (Accord 162)
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New Classical Tracks for 08/31/2010
Haydn/Mendelssohn: Gil Shaham/Sejong Soloists (Canary Classics CC08)
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New Classical Tracks for 08/24/2010
Jon Lord - "To Notice Such Things" (Avie 2190)
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New Classical Tracks for 08/17/2010
Kevin Burke/Cal Scott - Suite (LM004)
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New Classical Tracks for 08/10/2010
Arvo Part: Portrait -- Angele Dubeau (Analekta 8731)
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New Classical Tracks for 08/03/2010
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue/Piano Concerto in F - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano/Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop - Decca
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New Classical Tracks for 07/28/2010
Haydn Cello Concertos/Pereira Concertino – Antonio Meneses, Northern Sinfonia (Avie 2176)
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New Classical Tracks for 07/21/2010
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet – Interchange (Telarc 31754)
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New Classical Tracks for 07/14/2010
Vivaldi -- Gods, Emperors and Angels -- La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (Avie 2201) (Courtesy of Avie Records)
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New Classical Tracks for 07/07/2010
Dvorak – Symphonies No. 7 & 8 – Marin Alsop/Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Naxos 8.572112)
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New Classical Tracks for 06/30/2010
Canadian Brass – Stars and Stripes (Opening Day 7382)
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New Classical Tracks for 06/23/2010
Haydn/Mendelssohn: Gil Shaham/Sejong Soloists (Canary Classics CC08)
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New Classical Tracks for 06/16/2010
New York Polyphony -- Tudor City (AV 2186) (Courtesy of Avie Records)
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New Classical Tracks for 06/09/2010
Daniel Hope – “Air” A Baroque Journey (DG 13993)
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New Classical Tracks for 05/18/2010
Brooklyn Rider -- Dominant Curve (ICR 003)
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New Classical Tracks for 05/11/2010
Bryn Terfel -- Bad Boys (DG 4778091)
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New Classical Tracks for 05/04/2010
Mendelssohn: Piano Trios, Opp. 49 & 66 -- Perlman/Ma/Ax (Sony Classical 52192)
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New Classical Tracks for 04/27/2010
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos/Concert Fantasia – Stephen Hough/Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vanska (Hyperion 67711/2)
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New Classical Tracks for 04/20/2010
San Francisco Girls Chorus – Heaven and Earth (SFGO 901)
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New Classical Tracks for 04/13/2010
Daniel Hope – “Air” A Baroque Journey (DG 13993)
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New Classical Tracks for 04/06/2010
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concertos No. 2 & 3 – Simon Trpceski: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (Avie 2192)
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New Classical Tracks for 03/31/2010
Ravel: Ballet and Dance Music -- Yannick Nezet-Seguin: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI 66342)
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New Classical Tracks for 03/24/2010
Hilary Hahn/Matthias Goerne/Christine Schafer – Bach: Violin and Voice (DG 13832-02)
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New Classical Tracks for 03/17/2010
John O’Conor – Irish Classics (Warren Schatz Classics/After 9 PER-CD-14)
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New Classical Tracks for 03/09/2010
Mendelssohn: Piano Trios, Opp. 49 & 66 -- Perlman/Ma/Ax (Sony Classical 52192)
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New Classical Tracks for 03/02/2010
Renee Fleming – Verismo – (London 13279)
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New Classical Tracks for 02/23/2010
Mozart/Spohr: Clarinet Concertos – Jon Manasse, Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz (Harmonia Mundi 907516)
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New Classical Tracks for 02/09/2010
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 – Leonard Slatkin/Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Naxos 8.572458)
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New Classical Tracks for 02/03/2010
Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto, The Wasps, English Folk Song Suite, The Running Set – James Judd: The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, pianist Ashley Wass (Naxos 8.572304)
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New Classical Tracks for 01/27/2010
Rolf Lislevand – “Diminuito” ECM 13355
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New Classical Tracks for 01/19/2010
Elgar: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B minor -- Nikolaj Znaider, Sir Colin Davis/Staatskapelle Dresden (RCA 88697)
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New Classical Tracks for 01/12/2009
Ravel: Ballet and Dance Music – Yannick Nezet-Seguin: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI 66342)
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New Classical Tracks for 01/05/2010
Trio Settecento - A German Bouquet (Cedille 90000 114)
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New Classical Tracks for 12/29/2009
Lang Lang/Vadim Repin/Mischa Maisky - Russian Piano Trios (DG 13504-02) Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg – The New Century Chamber Orchestra – Together (NSS Music 53376) Elina Garanca, Roberto Abbado – Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna – Bel Canto (DG 12818) Helene Grimaud – Bach (DG 12504)
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New Classical Tracks for 12/22/2009
Joyful music of Bach and Vivaldi shines forth in a new disc by the Bach Choir of Bethlehem.
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New Classical Tracks for 12/15/2009
"A Chatman Christmas" – University of British Columbia Singers, Bruce Pullan, Conductor. (Centredisques 15509).
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New Classical Tracks for 12/1/2009
Repeat broadcast from August 8, 2009. James Galway – Celebrating 70 (A collection of personal favorites) - RCA 88697 422012)
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New Classical Tracks for 11/24/2009
Ingrid Fliter – Chopin: Waltzes (EMI 98351)
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New Classical Tracks for 11/10/2009
Eliesha Nelson – Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works (Dorian 90911)
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New Classical Tracks for 11/03/2009
Russian Piano Trios: Lang Lang/Vadim Repin/Mischa Maisky (DG 13504-02)
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New Classical Tracks for 10/27/2009
Gustavo Dudamel/The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela – Discoveries (DG – 13458)
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New Classical Tracks for 10/21/2009
Zuill Bailey -- Simone Dinnerstein -- Beethoven: Complete works for Piano and Cello (Telarc 80740)
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New Classical Tracks for 10/13/2009
Vivaldi – The French Connection – La Serenissima (Avie 2178)
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New Classical Tracks for 10/06/2009
Ravishingly Russian – Houston Chamber Choir/Robert Simpson (MSR 1311)
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New Classical Tracks for 9/29/2009
Leon Fleisher – Mozart Piano Concertos (Sony 86974)
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New Classical Tracks for 9/22/2009
French Bassoon Works - Karen Geoghegan (Chandos 10521)
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New Classical Tracks for 9/16/2009
Schubert's Death and the Maiden and Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) - JoAnn Falletta: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Naxos 8.572051)
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New Classical Tracks for 9/8/2009
Transmigration – Robert Spano: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Choruses (Telarc 80673).
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New Classical Tracks for 9/2/2009
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg & The New Century Chamber Orchestra - "Together" (NSS Music 53376)
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New Classical Tracks for 8/25/2009
Vladimir and Vovkas Ashkenazy: Debussy & Ravel: Music For Two Pianos
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New Classical Tracks for 8/18/2009
Emerson String Quartet - Intimate Letters (DG 12770-02)
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New Classical Tracks for 8/11/2009
James Galway – Celebrating 70 (A collection of personal favorites) - RCA 88697 422012)
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New Classical Tracks for 8/4/2009
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto; SULKHAN TSINTSADZE: Six Miniatures – Lisa Batiashvili, violin/ German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen/ Georgian Chamber Orchestra – Sony/BMG 88697334002
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New Classical Tracks for 7/28/2009
Jan Vogler and The Knights – Experience: Live from New York (Sony 746985)
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New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher
Maria Joao Pires – Chopin (DG 477 7483)
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New Classical Tracks for 7/14/2009
Elina Garanca – Bel Canto (DG 12818) Roberto Abbado – Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
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New Classical Tracks for 7/7/2009
Sharon Isbin - Journey to the New World (Sony Classical 88697-45456-2)
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New Classical Tracks for 6/30/2009
Mark O'Connor - String Quartets No.'s 2 & 3 (OMAC-14)
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New Classical Tracks for 6/16/2009
Stile Antico – "Song of Songs" (Harmonia Mundi 807489)
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New Classical Tracks for 6/09/2009
Joel Fan – West of the Sun (Reference 119)
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New Classical Tracks for 06/02/2009
(repeat broadcast from 3/31/09) Brahms/Korngold Violin Concertos – Nikolaj Znaider, Vienna Philharmonic/Valery Gergiev (RCA 88697)
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New Classical Tracks for 05/19/2009
Dvorak – Herbert: Cello Concertos – Gautier Capucon: Paavo Jarvi, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (Virgin Classics 51903).
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New Classical Tracks for 05/12/2009
Rolando Villazon – Handel: Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Players (DG 477 8056)
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New Classical Tracks for 05/05/2009
Odeon - Brazilian Dances by Ernesto Nazareth Antoine Zemor, piano Fleur de Son Classics 57989
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