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Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Copland's Jazz Blessing)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman calls composer Aaron Copland on the phone to ask his permission to bring a more jazz-like sensibility to the composer...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Dec 21, 2006
Length: :30
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Mozart My Way)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman talks about the evolution of his interpretation of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Putting old recordings by his clari...

Bought by WHRV, WITF, and New England Public Media

Added: Dec 21, 2006
Length: :21
Purchases: 3

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (What's Crossover?)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Violinist Joshua Bell was excited when his record label asked him to record music by two "great melody writers," Leonard Bernstein and George Gersh...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Dec 01, 2006
Length: :36
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Mendelssohn Lover)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Violinist Joshua Bell speculates he's performed Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto a thousand times. And each time he plays it, he's reminded of why it...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Dec 01, 2006
Length: :24
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Naughty But Legal)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - David Russell (Dowland in the Dumps)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Certain pieces of classical music are known to be soothing and even healing for the listener, but it can have similar effects on the composer who a...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Dec 01, 2006
Length: :32
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Over the Top)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Before Madonna, Brittany and Paris, there was Godowsky. Leopold Godowsky was a piano virtuoso who dazzled audiences around the world in the early ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Dec 01, 2006
Length: :35
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Rhapsody Redefined)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Sergie Rachmaninoff's music has been called everything from sappy and sentimental to over-done romantic gush. Pianist Stephen Hough strongly disag...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Dec 01, 2006
Length: :29
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - David Russell (Play it Slow)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

"Asturias" is one of those rhythmically passionate Spanish guitar pieces you've heard a hundred times, but may not know by name. But when you've h...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Dec 01, 2006
Length: :23
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - David Russell (Pujol's Clatter)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Sometimes music is not just about melody, it's about creating a scene or portraying a character that often redefines the boundaries of "beauty". G...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Dec 01, 2006
Length: :26
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Rubber Band Man)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

The Stradivarius Violin is the gold standard when it comes to violin making. Although violinist Joshua plays a Strad today, he remembers his very ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Dec 01, 2006
Length: :20
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Clarice Assad (First Style First)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Clarice Assad is a composer, singer, arranger, and her musical arena includes classical music, Jazz and Brazilian Pop. When she was asked to write...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Dec 01, 2006
Length: :34
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (After Dinner Chocolates)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Classical Music isn't always SO SERIOUS. Pianist Stephen Hough has made a specialty of playing little novelty works, known as "miniatures." They'...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Nov 30, 2006
Length: :32
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell Clip (Religious Regardless)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

The power of music is so strong for some it takes on religious proportions. That's the case for violinist Joshua Bell. Music IS his religion, whe...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Nov 30, 2006
Length: :23
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (Holiday Dreams)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg fulfills her life-long dream to turn the holiday music memories of a child into her own Christmas Music CD. She...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Nov 30, 2006
Length: :23
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah Twist)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Recycling one's own music was a common practice in Handel's day. Interestingly, or strangely, one of the best known choruses from Handel's Messiah...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX

Added: Nov 29, 2006
Length: :29
Purchases: 3

Johnny Cash: Live at San Quentin

From: Joyride Media

One-hour music intensive documentary looks back on Johnny Cash's historic 1969 concert at San Quentin State Prison.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Prairie Public, KGLT, WNIJ, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more

Added: Nov 01, 2006
Length: 59:05
Purchases: 13

Virtuoso Voices - Leila Josefowicz (Smile for Jazz)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Actor and Director Charlie Chaplin wrote all the music for his films, and "Modern Times" (1936) contains his most enduring music, specifically the ...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KISU

Added: Sep 28, 2006
Length: :27
Purchases: 3

Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Classical Responsibility)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

The ideal job is one that's also your favorite hobby. Conductor Andrew Litton says making music is both his job and his passion - and both come wi...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and WBST

Added: Sep 28, 2006
Length: :27
Purchases: 3

Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Walton's Henry V)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

If you have any doubts about the quality and integrity of film music, and the music's ability to stand on its own without the picture, composer Wil...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Sep 27, 2006
Length: :33
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Liszt the Ladies' Man)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

What kind of composer was Franz Liszt? He was "lady slayer" composer according to conductor Andrew Litton. In this clip, the conductor talks abou...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Sep 27, 2006
Length: :36
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (All or Nothing)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

All her life, Evelyn Glennie dreamed of becoming a solo percussionist, with the ardent support of family and friends. When it came time to make he...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Sep 26, 2006
Length: :32
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Paganini Under the Influence)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

While Nicolo Paganini's violin playing brought him enormous prestige and adoration from his many female admirers, he also got around on the guitar....

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Sep 25, 2006
Length: :29
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Gil's Big Break)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

The teenage violinist Gil Shaham was well on his way to a promising career, when one day he received a surprise opportunity that immediately change...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media