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Maria Choban

From: Pulse of Portland Music Project

Energetic Greek Pianist

Added: Jun 12, 2008
Length: 03:39

Persistant Pianist

From: Pulse of Portland Music Project

Interview with Maria Choban: Visionary Classical Pianist.

Added: Jun 09, 2008
Length: 06:12

A Musician's Life: Martin Atkins

From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life

Drummer Martin Atkins is most associated with John Lydon's post sex pistols band PIL. But he's got his hands in all aspects of music, including te...

Bought by KMXT, KXOT Public Radio, and WMNF

Added: May 09, 2008
Length: 05:00
Purchases: 3

Virtuoso Voices - Riccardo Chailly (Shameless Non-Romantic)

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

One of the most talked about musicians these days is Dutch violinist Janine Jansen. Riccardo Chailly conducted an early recording of hers that fea...

Added: Apr 30, 2008
Length: :29

Virtuoso Voices - Erich Kunzel (Better than Bach)

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

You may know Leopold Stokowski as a conductor and for his role in the Disney classic, Fantasia. He was also an organist on a mission to bring grea...

Added: Feb 27, 2008
Length: :21

Virtuoso Voices - Steven Isserlis (Firing Squad)

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

Robert Schumann is universally recognized as a great pianist and composer of piano music. Cellist Steven Isserlis is a big Schumann fan, and he re...

Added: Feb 26, 2008
Length: :19

Virtuoso Voices - Steven Isserlis (The Evangelist)

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

The Bach Suites for Solo Cello are the cellist's bible and yet their existence is shrouded in mystery. Cellist Steven Isserlis is happy to specula...

Added: Feb 25, 2008
Length: :22

Thoughts In Sound Episode #4 Keith Jarrett: Piano Primitive

From: John Diliberto
Series: Thoughts in Sound

A piano iconoclast reveals a music vision based in the inner vibrations of sound

Added: Jan 07, 2008
Length: 05:02

Virtuoso Voices - John Adams (Feelings)

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

What makes a composer's music resonate with the audience? Composer John Adams offers a starting point to this ultimately unanswerable question. U...

Bought by WETS and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :29
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Bernard Haitink (Don't Mess Around)

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

"Back Seat Drivers" are bad for those of us in the driver's seat, and they can be just as distracting for composers. Conductor Bernard Haitink tal...

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :29

Gloria Estefan: 90 Millas

From: Joyride Media

New one-hour radio special dedicated to Cuba's musical diaspora, and its rich heritage that continues through its most prominent exiled artists.

Bought by KMUW, Harford Community Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more

Added: Aug 31, 2007
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 10

NPR's All Songs Considered: Summer Look-Ahead Show, Pt. 2

From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music

Part 2 of our Summer Look-Ahead Series featuring Linda Thompson, Paul McCartney and Spoon.

Bought by KTRL, WUKY, WQUB 90.3 FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WFSU

Added: Jun 13, 2007
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 5

NPR's All Songs Considered: Summer Look-Ahead Show, Pt. 1

From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music

Part 1 of our Summer Look-Ahead Series featuring Linda Thompson, Paul McCartney, Spoon and more.

Bought by KTRL, WQUB 90.3 FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WUKY, WFSU and more

Added: Jun 05, 2007
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 6

Virtuoso Voices - Awadagin Pratt (Debilitating Liszt)

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

Huge. Blockbuster. Larger than life. Those are just a few of the ways you could describe the Piano Sonata in B minor by Franz Liszt. Awadagin P...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: :22
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Cho-Liang Lin (Who's on First)

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

Performers like to put their individual stamp on a piece of music, especially in a concerto, where the solo part is the star of the show. Violinis...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: :23
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Vibrato is Verboten)

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

Richard Stoltzman is one of the most recognized solo clarinetists in the world, but he's never been officially welcomed into the Clarinet Fraternit...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: :24
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Moonlit Night)

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

Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 is a joyful ride through all of the melodies and pianistic prizes you associate with Chopin. Its Second Movement, pi...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Mar 28, 2007
Length: :22
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Chopin for Last)

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

The "People's Favorite": pianist Garrick Ohlsson talks about the universal popularity and mood altering music by Chopin. It's like "dessert" -- wh...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Mar 28, 2007
Length: :27
Purchases: 2

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 - 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