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: Violin at the Movies
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New Classical Tracks: Romantic Fare from a Mezzo
Elīna Garanča's new disc traces love in its many dimensions, as revealed through opera arias for mezzo-soprano.
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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
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
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
Famed violinist Angèle Dubeau debuts "Game Music"
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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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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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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 sharing behind-the-scenes stories about a new release each week. It airs locally at 7:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesdays and at 9 a.m. on Saturdays.