Explore new recordings with top performers and host Julie Amacher
Conspirare is a professional chamber choir based in Austin, Texas; its name is Latin and means 'to breathe together.' How fitting, then, that Conspirare's latest work seemed an invitation to feel more alive. Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson hopes the music will inspire listeners 'to reflect, recall, to find their way into a little deeper experience of their own life in that moment.'
A new album by cellist Louise Dubin puts the works of influential -- but often disregarded -- composer August Franchomme.
Two longtime friends collaborate on recording the violin sonatas of two early Romantic-era composers. Itzhak Perlman and Emanuel Ax had had the idea for many years, and finally agreed to do the album while having dinner together.
Pianist and composer Conrad Tao has released a new album that's a reflection on memories and loss.
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, the Philadelphia Orchestra and pianist Daniil Trifonov collaborate on a new recording that brings out the music, emotion and genius of Sergei Rachmaninoff, a Russian composer who had a longtime affiliation with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
On his latest recording, cellist Johannes Moser wanted to give two concertos he loves the attention and respect they deserve.
Fifteen years after winning the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Chinese pianist Yundi Li celebrates earning that award by launching a series of recordings honoring Chopin, starting with the complete Chopin Preludes.
With Leonard Bernstein's centenary and her parents' 50th anniversary approaching, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers wanted to create an 'album that's based on love and all its dimensions.'
The latest album by Kirk Elliot and the Orchestra of Unmitigated Gaul is inspired by mediaeval stories and songs -- even the instruments have stories behind them.
Pianist Orli Shaham thinks her new album of Brahms works will stir your soul -- probably because that's what it did for her. 'I think it's changed probably everything I do as a pianist,' Shaham says. 'I think Brahms just has so much to teach us.'
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.
