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Violinist Gil Shaham calls the Octet for Strings by Mendelssohn “a mind blowing achievement.” What makes it so great? He says it’s a case, at lea...
- Added: Jul 28, 2010
- Length: :28
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet has a new recording of the Gershwin Piano Concerto. It features the evocative, but rarely heard orchestration by Ferde...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :24
Pianist Yuja Wang has a CD that includes a Theme and Variations and two orchestral works that have been transcribed for piano. But that’s not the ...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :21
Three of the main figures are brought together in the final scene of Mozart’s Don Giovanni – they are the notorious, lustful and unsympathetic Don,...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :24
How does the Baby Boomer generation impart the knowledge they possess to the wired generation? AND..How do they encourage a desire to learn?
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 26, 2010
- Length: 04:48
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Mozart Piano Concertos are a regular part of Piotr Anderszewski’s repertoire. He loves the music but questions the notion that concertos feature a...
- Added: May 30, 2010
- Length: :25
Think Chopin, and maybe you think of something virtuosic and heroic. When pianist Piotr Anderszewski thinks Chopin, virtuosic and heroic are the l...
- Added: May 30, 2010
- Length: :20
All good pieces of music have at least one magical moment that either raises the roof, or hits you right in the gut. The Violin Concerto by Benjam...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :30
With Concertos – who’s in charge... the soloist or the conductor? Violinist Janine Jansen prefers it when both she and the conductor avoid taking ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :28
When Bach asks the keyboard player to play fast, pianist Simone Dinnerstein responds with bright, even snappy tempos. She also remembers to come u...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :26
Do you remember the Sam Cooke song from the 50s about not knowing music much about history, biology and trigonometry? Like many performers, pianis...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :26
Bach’s music often incorporated steps and rhythms from the dance music of his day. And often he was writing actual dance music, like a gavotte or ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :20
On a warm New York night in August, 2007, an unknown pianist went to bed not knowing that she was about to become an overnight sensation. Her name...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :25
When the Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz was putting together the principals for his recording of the Chopin Piano Concertos, he had two goals. One ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :23
Who owns the music – the performer or the composer? When it comes to interpretation, pianist Rafal Blechacz has his priorities and knows who come...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :23
Pianist Menahem Pressler spent 53 years as the pianist of the legendary Beaux Arts Trio. He could easily have taken the soloist route, giving reci...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :23
- Purchases: 1
The Beaux Arts Trio was widely recognized for consistently reaching and upholding the highest musical standards. But there were times when they di...
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- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :27
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Claude Debussy's music helped define the impressionist movement in music. The fuzzy borders and pastel swashes of color that Monet and Cezanne bro...
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :24
While most musicians genuinely believe their instrument is the closest sounding to the human voice, cellist Lynn Harrell makes a pretty convincing ...
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- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :23
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Opera singers today are being asked to do more, and are expected to do more on the operatic stage – especially when it comes to showing their actin...
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :25
Beethoven was one of the first composers to demonstrate the cello's wide range of expressive capabilities. But there was one characteristic Beetho...
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- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :26
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When British conductor Mark Elder wants to give his orchestra some directions for tempo and inflection, his native language falls short... especial...
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :24
Violinist Hilary Hahn has been playing Bach throughout her career, and her most recent recording is an all-Bach CD. She says you can find many sid...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :20
There's a lot going on in Bach – beautiful melodies, complex, and at times conflicting harmonies and intricate rhythms – all happening simultaneous...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :26
Violinist Hilary Hahn is one of many musicians who consider Bach’s music to be timeless. She says Bach’s music “doesn’t necessarily belong in one ...
Bought by KUHF
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :27
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