Clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Gloria Chien are 'Here With You'
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Gloria Chien want to convey a message of togetherness in their first album together, ‘Here With You.’
Explore new recordings with top performers and host Julie Amacher
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Gloria Chien want to convey a message of togetherness in their first album together, ‘Here With You.’
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianist Víkingur Ólafsson wants to change they way we think about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in his new album, ‘Mozart and Contemporaries.’
On New Classical Tracks, we love sharing with you the most exciting new recordings every year. And, when you enter our weekly CD giveaways, you show us how excited you are about these recordings, too. Find out which albums made the list of 10 most coveted new releases of 2021.
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, Ronn McFarlane and Carolyn Surrick, who are usually quite busy during the holidays, had the time and space to finally make music together. That special musical connection has just produced their second recording, ‘A Star in the East.’ Enter for a chance to win a CD!
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, conductor Eric Jacobsen and violinist Christina Courtin collaborate with their orchestra, the Knights, for the new album ‘Before Christmas.’
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianist Emanuel Ax teams up with longtime friend and collaborator Yo-Yo Ma to re-record Beethoven's cello sonatas for their new album, Hope Amid Tears.
Conductor John Jeter continues his series of recording the works of American composer Florence Prince in his new album with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and her younger brother, Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason release their first duo album together, Muse.
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho won First Prize at the Warsaw International Chopin Competition in 2015 and had not performed Chopin since. He has decided to change that with his new album, “Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 • Scherzi.”
Pianist Jeremy Denk has aligned his childhood love of Mozart with his upcoming memoir, ‘Every Good Boy Does Fine,’ and new album with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, ‘Mozart Piano Concertos.’
Host Julie Amacher provides an in-depth exploration of a new classical music release each week.
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Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, Wis. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Minnesota Public Radio in 1997 as an on-air host and also produces New Classical Tracks, a weekly podcast critiquing a new release each week. It airs locally at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays and 5:15 p.m. Fridays.