New Classical Tracks - More Than Just Popcorn
Angele Dubeau devotes her new disc to movie themes -- sometimes in arrangements that give the familiar melodies a new spin.
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New Classical Tracks - More Than Just Popcorn
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New Classical Tracks - Ola Gjeilo
At age 34, Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo is pretty lucky to be making a living as a freelance composer. But then again, he never imagined himself doing anything else, "It's something I always wanted. And I believe if you really want something, and for the right reasons, then it usually happens."
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New Classical Tracks - The Jazzy, Challenging, Elegant Gershwin
JoAnn Falletta focuses on George Gershwin in her latest disc. She talks about the myriad qualities she finds in his music.
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New Classical Tracks - The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres
Baroque meets multimedia in "The Galileo Project," from Tafelmusik. Classical MPR is giving away copies of the disc. Find out how to enter for your chance to win!
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New Classical Tracks - Uncharted Waters
This new recording titled "Uncharted Waters" features music that crosses boundaries, both musically, and demographically. In fact Alison Melville says she was tickled when a friend wanted to purchase an additional copy recently after loaning her copy to her son. "I loaned it to my son who is 14," she told Melville, "and he really liked it. And then he loaned it to a friend of his and I have never seen it since."
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New Classical Tracks - Fantasia
Yuja Wang has just made her fourth solo recording, "Fantasia," and you could say that night life is actually one of the themes of the album.
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New Classical Tracks - Water Night
Eric Whitacre is a choir geek and he's so proud of it he's created tee shirts that you can purchase on his web site that read "Choir geeks of the world unite!"
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New Classical Tracks - Dreaming of Trumpet
From an early age, Alison Balsom has been captivated by the trumpet: its look, its sound, its master performers, and its many-sided personality. Her new disc, which celebrates the modern trumpet, includes a new concerto written for her.
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Harp, Not Harpsichord, in Bach's Sonatas
A new Bach disc combines violin with an instrument that Bach himself rarely used -- the harp. Its gradations of loud and soft add a new dimension to the performance of these pieces.
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New Classical Tracks - An Influential Young Pianist
Benjamin Grosvenor is making a big splash nowadays, in his native England and internationally. He's just 19, but a lot of mature thought has gone into his new disc of virtuoso piano music.
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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'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.