Host Julie Amacher provides an in-depth exploration of a new classical music release each week.
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Pianists Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang bring many cultures together
Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang — Connecting Cultures (BGR)
New Classical Tracks - Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang
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“When you're playing two pianos or when you're playing piano for four hands, you do not only have to listen, but you have an attack that happens,” pianist Deborah Moriarty says about herself and...
Eric Whitacre wants you to feel at 'Home'
Eric Whitacre and Voces8 — Home (Decca)
New Classical Tracks - Eric Whitacre
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“If I could travel back in time and tell my 20-year-old self, this will be your life; you'll be a classical choral composer. I just never could have imagined it,” Eric Whitacre says...
Catalyst Quartet uncovers more musical gems in latest 'Uncovered' release
Catalyst Quartet — Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker (Azica Records)
New Classical Tracks - Karlos Rodriguez
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“At the end of the day, the Catalyst Quartet is important because we’re trying to do something that matters to people...
Pianist Hélène Grimaud pays homage to one of Ukraine’s greatest living composers
Hélène Grimaud and Konstantin Krimmel — Silvestrov: Silent Songs (DG)
New Classical Tracks - Hélène Grimaud
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“His music is his poetry. It has exceptional transparency. It's simple in the language yet so expressive...
Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor explores the relationship among Romantic composers
Benjamin Grosvenor — Schumann & Brahms (Decca)
New Classical Tracks - Benjamin Grosvenor
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“They're so interconnected as figures and personalities...
Violinist Lara St. John continues her fight for women
Lara St. John — ♀she/her/hers (Ancalagon Records)
New Classical Tracks - Lara St. John
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When Lara St. John was 14 and studying at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, she was abused by her violin teacher. When she reported it, nothing happened...
Classical guitarist Christopher Mallett celebrates a legend
Christopher Mallett — Justin Holland: Guitar Works and Arrangements (Naxos)
New Classical Tracks - Christopher Mallet
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“For me, it's not just American music. It's music that a Black American arranged,” classical guitarist Christopher Mallett said...
Calidore String Quartet tells the story of Beethoven by starting from the end
Calidore String Quartet — Beethoven: The Late Quartets (Signum Classics)
New Classical Tracks - Calidore Quartet
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Sometimes the best way to tell a story is to start at the end. That way your destination is clear...
Eldbjørg Hemsing shares a musical journey through the Arctic
Eldbjørg Hemsing — Arctic (Sony Classical)
New Classical Tracks - Eldbjørg Hemsing
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“It's hard to describe with words what the Arctic is like, and that's one of the reasons I wanted to create this musical journey through the region,” Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing said...
Guitarist David Starobin celebrates one of his musical idols
David Starobin — Giulio Regondi: A 200th Birthday Bouquet (Bridge)
“I retired from playing four years ago,” guitarist David Starobin says. I didn't have all that much time to deal with my playing until I stopped playing.
Despite retiring from performing, he still teaches at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and the Manhattan School of Music...