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New Classical Tracks®

Explore new recordings with top performers and host Julie Amacher

New Classical Tracks: Music of Questions and Few Answers

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New Classical Tracks: Music of Questions and Few Answers
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New Classical Tracks: Prepare for Goose Bumps
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New Classical Tracks: The Music of "Downton Abbey"
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New Classical Tracks: Violin at the Movies

New Classical Tracks: Violin at the Movies

The music on Nicola Benedetti's new disc all has a film connection, from the Ladies in Lavender theme to the lush violin concerto by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

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New Classical Tracks: Romantic Fare from a Mezzo
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New Classical Tracks: Quatuor Ebene

New Classical Tracks: Quatuor Ebene

On their fifth recording, The Ebene Quartet introduces you to the many facets of Felix Mendelssohn. Enjoy a free download from the disc!

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New Classical Tracks: Piano Variations

New Classical Tracks: Piano Variations

According to Emanuel Ax, writing variations on a theme is a way for composers to show off what they can do. On his new disc, he lets us hear how Haydn, Beethoven, and Robert Schumann flex their muscles.

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New Classical Tracks: Reflections on Mozart

New Classical Tracks: Reflections on Mozart

The young Canadian Jan Lisiecki plays Mozart on his new disc. Though he's just 17, he clearly brings a wealth of reflection to his performance of these two concertos.

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New Classical Tracks - Game Music
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New Classical Tracks: Alan Gilbert's Nielsen

New Classical Tracks: Alan Gilbert's Nielsen

Alan Gilbert became the music director of the New York Philharmonic in 2009. In their new disc, they're taking up a composer whom the Orchestra, Gilbert says, was "made for."

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About New Classical Tracks®

Host Julie Amacher provides an in-depth exploration of a new classical music release each week.

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Julie Amacher

Your Host

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.