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This week, the soundtrack sounds of God Help the Girl and the brave pop ballads of Sunset Rubdown.
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WTIP and more
- Added: Jul 05, 2009
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 7
It's not uncommon for performers to study the historical and theoretical aspects of the music they play. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein knows her hist...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :25
Beethoven's last piano sonata contains one of classical music's all-time most shocking moments. Right in the middle of the sonata, without warning...
Bought by MPR News Stations
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :25
- Purchases: 1
When Beethoven wrote his last piano sonata, we can say with near certainty he was completely deaf. The Sonata is filled with surprises. Pianist S...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :24
The Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 is a part of nearly every pianist's concert repertoire, and for many Russian pianists, it's often the first ma...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :26
There are a couple of myths about Russian piano players – one of them is that they only play Russian music. Yefim Bronfman was born in Tashkent, U...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :17
You may have heard that the future of the recording industry is somewhat up in the air as new technologies make it possible to access music in new ...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :22
Conductor Arturo Toscanini was known as the poster child for bad behavior on the podium. Fortunately, the days of the yelling, screaming, raging t...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :25
Joseph Shabalala describes how the vision for Ladysmith Black Mambazo came to him in a dream -- in four-part harmony. Shabalala's voice takes on m...
Bought by Prairie Public, PRX Remix, KUOW, KMHD, KNAU and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2009
- Length: 05:17
- Purchases: 9
Although the practice is as old as music itself, taking a piece of music for one instrument and adapting it to another still causes scowls and glar...
- Added: Dec 31, 2008
- Length: :19
Beethoven's music is not always about the DRAMA. You can hear sweetness and joy, emotion and humor, fire and passion, and in the case of the third...
- Added: Dec 31, 2008
- Length: :19
For the Canadian Brass, their dream to play in Carnegie Hall came true in part because the players happily did something most musicians avoid, or d...
- Added: Nov 29, 2008
- Length: :22
It is, or was at one time, classical music’s forbidden word – or act: "Crossover"... playing music that's not 100% classical. Flutist, Sir James ...
- Added: Nov 28, 2008
- Length: :26
If you've ever seen the pianist Lang Lang play, you know he performs with great animation and enormous, physical gusto. Here's a little background...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :24
Performers, their teachers and their audience demand perfection. Since perfection really can't be achieved, that puts musicians in a compromising ...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :26
Young classical mucisians jamming in bars are drawing young audiences
- Added: Sep 17, 2008
- Length: 05:19
- Purchases: 2
Schubert's Rondo for Violin and Piano is further proof that when it comes to writing a melody, Franz Schubert was in a small league of his own. Th...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :27
If you've ever seen a conductor lead an orchestra, you know it's a very physical profession. Conductor Myung-Whun Chung was surprised to learn whi...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :15
a modern American road trip...
- Added: Jun 20, 2008
- Length: 49:30
In classical music, labels and categories can provide a helpful context and entry point to enjoying a composer or composition. But they can also b...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :29
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
Messiaen did something to make just about everyone angry - so why are there people left who love him?
Bought by KUT-HD and NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: Apr 14, 2008
- Length: 06:08
- Purchases: 2
Dave Brubeck on the importance of Cultural Exchange
Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 19
The spoken language of classical music is filled with foreign names and phrases, and even conductors like Marin Alsop find it challenging to be mul...
- Added: Apr 01, 2008
- Length: :22
NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland and her trio played a long running gig at the Hickory House, a famous New York nightclub. Everyone used to stop ...
Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media, Harford Community Radio, WUSF and more
- Added: Mar 28, 2008
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 22
