New Classical Tracks: The Bach/Gould Project
Members of the Catalyst Quartet describe their new recording by using the words Bach himself used: 'Composed for music lovers, to refresh their spirits.' Find out more about the album.
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New Classical Tracks: The Catalyst Quartet - Bach/Gould Project
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New Classical Tracks: The risk and enlightenment of arranging
Arranger Steve Barta accepted the challenge of creating a symphonic arrangement of Claude Bolling's Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio. He found the experience both challenging and eye-opening.
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New Classical Tracks: piano and cello collaboration
Stephen Hough and Steven Isserlis worked together on an album that showcases cello sonatas by composer pianists. Hear more about these Mendelssohn-Grieg-Hough Cello Sonatas.
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New Classical Tracks: Capturing the magic of Venice
To record the music of Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi, mandolinist Avi Avital recruited the Venice Baroque Orchestra. "Recording this Venetian music with an orchestra that's actually all from Venice just added this extra spice to it," Avital explains.
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New Classical Tracks: The shenanigans of 'Widdershins'
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.
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New Classical Tracks: Stephen Layton, 'American Polyphony'
Stephen Layton and British vocal ensemble Polyphony have assembled a collection of choral works by composers Layton calls 'the real grandfathers of American choral music writ large.'
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New Classical Tracks: ZOFO Plays Terry Riley
The fourth project of four-hand piano duo ZOFO celebrates the 80th birthday of Terry Riley, an iconic American composer who's one of the founders of the Minimalist movement.
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New Classical Tracks: Sugarloaf Mountain - An Appalachian Gathering
Although Apollo's Fire is primarily a Baroque orchestra, its latest album is a recording of early American folk music. 'We follow the journey of the music through the stories of the men and women who gathered in the hills of Appalachia to build new lives,' says Apollo's Fire Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell.
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New Classical Tracks: Stephen Hough, 'Lyric Pieces'
Pianist Stephen Hough focuses on 27 pieces composer Edvard Grieg wrote for the enjoyment of amateur pianists. 'They were for domestic consumption,' Hough says. 'I love these pieces.'
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New Classical Tracks: Stephen Hough's 'Miracle'
Pianist and devout Catholic Stephen Hough finished the final movement of his Mass of Miracles after a near-fatal car accident in England. Andrew Litton conducts the Colorado Symphony in this the piece's first recording.
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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.