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Use this clip to enhance your introduction of Simone Dinnerstein's recording of the Goldberg Variations by Bach (Telarc 80692).
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: :26
Although pianist Murray Perahia plays music that's 2 to 3 hundred years old, he'll be the first to tell you listening to classical music isn't alwa...
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: :22
When it comes to interpreting the Goldberg Variations, many view the 1955 Glenn Gould recording as the gold standard. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein h...
- Added: Feb 27, 2008
- Length: :21
Finding ways to keep music fresh is a performing musician's ongoing challenge, especially with a work they've played hundreds of times. Cellist Yo...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :28
It's a long road to establish a career in music, much less going on to become a major player. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma offers these guidelines for what mu...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :27
The word "spiritual" continues to have a wide range of applications when discussing religion and the 21st century lifestyle. Conductor Herbert Blo...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :23
Some composers are influenced by other composers and earlier styles and trends. That was surely the case with Jean Sibelius, but conductor Herbert...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :26
The Finnish Four Seasons are a magnificent gift of nature, according to Finnish pianist Olli Mustonnen. He says that makes him well suited to play...
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :23
Violinist Gil Shaham says Prokofiev "never wrote a bad note." But in Prokofiev's First Violin Sonata, Shaham is drawn more to the Sonata's back st...
Bought by WITF
- Added: May 30, 2007
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 1
Some say the perfect job is the one that's also your hobby or first love. Violinist Joshua Bell makes his living playing the violin, but it's more...
Bought by KUHF, North State Public Radio, KENW, WCVE, KALW and more
- Added: Apr 02, 2007
- Length: :17
- Purchases: 7
While Alan Hovhaness' music has a distinct and recognizable sound and texture, it's the sum of many different cultures and nationalities. Harpist ...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Mar 01, 2007
- Length: :35
- Purchases: 2
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about his approach to making transcriptions of well known music. It's a long-standing tradition that often got out of ...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: :32
- Purchases: 2
Gershwin's "An American In Paris" captures both the American spirit and the bustling, jazzy sounds of Paris in the 1920's. Conductor Andrew Litton...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Sep 29, 2006
- Length: :36
- Purchases: 2
2005 Van Ciburn Piano Competition Gold Medalist, Alexander Kobrin describes vocal and linguistic requirements to play Chopin. Use this 16 second c...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Aug 31, 2006
- Length: :16
- Purchases: 2
