New Classical Tracks: "On the Shoulders of Giants" - From Notre Dame to Bollywood
The latest disc from the singers of Cantus begins with the so-called "Notre Dame" school of the Middle Ages, and makes its way to music by an Indian film composer.
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New Classical Tracks: Beethoven's Piano Duets
Two pianists can share one keyboard -- but it takes a bit of doing, especially when dealing with the kind of pianos Beethoven would have known. Amy and Sara Hamann discuss the delicate dance of piano-duet playing.
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New Classical Tracks: From Heavenly Harmony
A new disc by the ensemble Ludus Baroque -- their name means "play" -- revels in Handel's Song for St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
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New Classical Tracks: Celtic Christmas Vespers
Jeannette Sorrell leads the acclaimed Baroque ensemble Apollo's Fire. Their new holiday disc imagines a vesper service combining chant, dance, and Celtic carols.
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New Classical Tracks: Tao Lin & Tomas Cotik - Franz Schubert
Violinist Tomas Cotik was studying at the Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto when he auditioned for the New World Symphony. Seven years later, Tomas is a professional, and a member of the Delray String Quartet.
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New Classical Tracks: Joyce DiDonato - Drama Queens
Throughout "Drama Queens," you'll hear one aria after another that may move you to tears.
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New Classical Tracks: Modern Mandolin Quartet - Americana
Everything about "Americana," the seventh and newest recording from the Modern Mandolin Quartet, is a lot of fun.
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New Classical Tracks - Returning to Chopin
According to superstar pianist Lang Lang, Chopin's music is both accessible to the ear, and daunting to the fingers.
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New Classical Tracks - Delius at 150
The Englishman Frederick Delius, born 150 years ago, got his start as a composer on a Florida orange plantation.
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New Classical Tracks - French Flair
The latest disc from Stephen Hough offers a tasting menu of the nonchalance, humor and occasional melancholy of French piano music.
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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.