New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher
322 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 164 ratingsHost Julie Amacher provides an in-depth exploration of a new classical music release each week.
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Lara Downes releases 'Love at Last,' an album of healing and hope
June 07, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBLara Downes – Love at Last (PENTATONE) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/06/07/new_classical_tracks_2023_06_07_new-classical-tracks-Lara_Downes_20230607_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Lara Downes by Love at Last is a new recording by pianist Lara Downes featuring music of healing and hope. The album contains music that came out of the darkest period of the global pandemic. Do...
Violinist Tessa Lark goes back to her roots
May 31, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBTessa Lark — The Stradgrass Sessions (First Hand Records) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/03/29/new_classical_tracks_2023_03_29_new-classical-tracks-Tessa_Lark_20230329_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Tessa Lark by “Smell is supposedly one of the strongest sensory responses to bring memories back. But for me, the sound of bluegrass may as well be the smell of bluegrass becau...
Osmo Vänskä finds a message about life in Mahler's Symphony No. 9
May 24, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBOsmo Vänskä/Minnesota Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (BIS) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/05/24/new_classical_tracks_2023_05_24_new-classical-tracks-Osmo_Vanska_20230524_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Osmo Vanska by In the past few months, Osmo Vänskä has conducted from a wheelchair, a stool and now, finally, standing up after suffering a bad fall and shattering his pe...
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol combines jazz with classical Turkish music
May 17, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBMehmet Ali Sanlikol and A Far Cry — A Gentleman of Istanbul (Crier) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/05/17/new_classical_tracks_2023_05_17_new-classical-tracks-Mehmet_Sanlikol_20230517_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Mehmet Ali Sanlikol by Mehmet Ali Sanlikol is a Turkish American composer and multi-instrumentalist who grew up surrounded by Western classical piano music. Th...
Brooklyn Rider creates music out of opportunity
May 10, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBBrooklyn Rider — The Wanderer (Icy Cold Records) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/05/10/new_classical_tracks_2023_05_10_new-classical-tracks-Nicholas_Cords_20230510_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Nicholas Cords by “We think of the string quartet as a laboratory and learning experience of which there is no end,” says Nicholas Cords the violist for Brooklyn Rider. “We've done ...
Conductor JoAnn Falletta has built a reputation championing American composers
May 03, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBJoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra — Danny Elfman: Violin Concerto 'Eleven Eleven' & Adolphus Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Naxos) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/05/03/new_classical_tracks_2023_05_03_new-classical-tracks-JoAnn_Falletta_20230503_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - JoAnn Falletta by “I've been doing a lot of American concertos and commissio...
Pianists Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang bring many cultures together
April 19, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBDeborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang — Connecting Cultures (BGR) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/04/19/new_classical_tracks_2023_04_19_new-classical-tracks-Zhihua_Tang_and_Deborah_Moriarty_20230419_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang by “When you're playing two pianos or when you're playing piano for four hands, you do not only have to listen, but yo...
Eric Whitacre wants you to feel at 'Home'
April 12, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBEric Whitacre and Voces8 — Home (Decca) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/04/12/new_classical_tracks_2023_04_12_new-classical-tracks-Eric_Whitacre_20230412_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Eric Whitacre by “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 Whita...
Catalyst Quartet uncovers more musical gems in latest 'Uncovered' release
April 05, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBCatalyst Quartet — Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker (Azica Records) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/04/05/new_classical_tracks_2023_04_05_new-classical-tracks-Karlos_Rodriguez_20230405_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Karlos Rodriguez by “At the end of the day, the Catalyst Quartet is important because we’re trying to do somet...
Pianist Hélène Grimaud pays homage to one of Ukraine’s greatest living composers
March 22, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBHélène Grimaud and Konstantin Krimmel — Silvestrov: Silent Songs (DG) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/03/22/new_classical_tracks_2023_03_22_new-classical-tracks-Helene_Grimaud_20230322_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Hélène Grimaud by “His music is his poetry. It has exceptional transparency. It's simple in the language yet so expressive. Do you know what they say in Frenc...
Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor explores the relationship among Romantic composers
March 15, 2023 07:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBBenjamin Grosvenor — Schumann & Brahms (Decca) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/03/15/new_classical_tracks_2023_03_15_new-classical-tracks-benjamin-grosvenor_20230315_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Benjamin Grosvenor by “They're so interconnected as figures and personalities. There are so many ways you can bring them together, because their whole lives are just interconnecte...
Violinist Lara St. John continues her fight for women
March 08, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBLara St. John — ♀she/her/hers (Ancalagon Records) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/01/04/new_classical_tracks_2023_01_04_new-classical-tracks-lara-st-john_20230104_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Lara St. John by 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
March 01, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBChristopher Mallett — Justin Holland: Guitar Works and Arrangements (Naxos) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/03/01/new_classical_tracks_2023_03_01_new-classical-tracks-Christopher_Mallet_20230301_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Christopher Mallet by “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
February 22, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBCalidore String Quartet — Beethoven: The Late Quartets (Signum Classics) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/02/22/new_classical_tracks_20230223new-classical-tracks-calidorequartet_20230222_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Calidore Quartet by Sometimes the best way to tell a story is to start at the end. That way your destination is clear. That’s what the Calidore String Quartet...
Eldbjørg Hemsing shares a musical journey through the Arctic
February 15, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBEldbjørg Hemsing — Arctic (Sony Classical) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/02/15/new_classical_tracks_2023_02_15_new-classical-tracks-eldbjorg-hemsing_20230215_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Eldbjørg Hemsing by “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 viol...
Guitarist David Starobin celebrates one of his musical idols
February 08, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBDavid 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. He also runs an art gallery and produces records for his label, Bridge Records. One of those releases, Giulio Regondi: A 200th Birthday B...
Cleveland Orchestra performs the music of George Walker
February 01, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBCleveland Orchestra — Walker: Antifonys, Lilacs, Sinfonias Nos. 4 & 5 (Cleveland Orchestra) Jump to giveaway form controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/02/01/new_classical_tracks_2023_02_01_new-classical-tracks-Eliesha_Nelson_-_Walker_20230201_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Eliesha Nelson - Walker by “Of course, it was important and meaningful for me to play a Black American comp...
Anthony McGill and the Pacifica Quartet tell the stories of America
January 25, 2023 08:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBAnthony McGill/Pacifica Quartet — American Stories (Cedille) Jump to giveaway form controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/01/25/new_classical_tracks_2023_01_25_new-classical-tracks-Pacifica_Quartet_with_Anthony_McGill_20230125_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Pacifica Quartet with Anthony McGill by “I don't remember the first time I played or performed the Mozart Clarinet Quintet. ...
Composer Christopher Tin and Voces8 team up to remember extinct birds
January 18, 2023 08:02 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBChristopher Tin/Voces 8 — The Lost Birds (Decca) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2022/11/02/new_classical_tracks_2022_11_02_new-classical-tracks-christopher-tin_20221102_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Christopher Tin by Composer Christopher Tin and the British vocal ensemble Voces8 were introduced to one another by their recording engineer about a decade ago. Ever since that fir...
Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes shows his love for Dvorak’s ‘Poetic Tone Pictures’
January 11, 2023 08:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBLeif Ove Andsnes — Dvořák: Poetic Tone Pictures (Sony) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2023/01/11/new_classical_tracks_2023_01_11_new-classical-tracks-leif-ove-andsnes_20230111_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Leif Ove Andsnes by “It's similar to life with its highs and lows. That's what I love about this cycle. It's so contrasting and varied,” said Norwegian pianist Leif Ove And...
Most coveted releases of 2022
December 27, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBOn New Classical Tracks, we love sharing with you the most exciting new recordings every year. And, when you enter our weekly CD giveaways, you show us how excited you are about these recordings, too. Find out which albums made the list of 10 most coveted new releases of 2020.
Composer John Metcalfe reconstructs holiday classics
December 21, 2022 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBJohn Metcalfe — Carols Without Words (Platoon) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2022/12/21/new_classical_tracks_2021_12_21_new-classical-tracks-john-metcalfe_20221221_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - John Metcalfe by “I’m similar to Jim Carrey in Yes Man, where saying yes to everything can lead you to extraordinary situations,” says New Zealander violist, composer and arranger Joh...
Vocal ensemble Cantus brings light to the holidays
December 14, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBCantus — Into the Light (Signum) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2022/12/14/new_classical_tracks_2022_12_14_new-classical-tracks-Paul_Scholtz_and_Alex_Nishibun_Cantus_20221214_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Paul Scholtz and Alex Nishibun from Cantus by Each December, we find ourselves surrounded by the darkness of winter, as we prepare to say goodbye to the old year and welcome...
Ukrainian pianist Nadia Shpachenko supports her native country
December 07, 2022 08:02 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBNadia Shpachenko — Invasion (Reference) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2022/12/07/new_classical_tracks_2022_12_07_new-classical-tracks-nadia-shpachenko_20221207_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Nadia Shpachenko by “People are still trying hard to stay positive. People are powerful there and they believe in victory. They're just trying to continue living their lives but don't wan...
Violinist Hilary Hahn makes her long-awaited return to the stage
November 30, 2022 08:02 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBHilary Hahn — Eclipse (DG) controls src="https://play.publicradio.org/unreplaced_ua/o/minnesota/classical/programs/new_classical_tracks/2022/11/30/new_classical_tracks_2022_11_30_new-classical-tracks-hilary-hahn_20221130_128.mp3"> New Classical Tracks - Hilary Hahn by Every 10 years or so, violinist Hilary Hahn takes a one-year sabbatical from performing. It’s a way for her to remove herself from the whirlwind of professional music-making, and re-evaluate ...
Violinist Johnny Gandelsman explores the sounds of America
November 23, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBJohnny Gandelsman — This Is America – An Anthology 2020-2021 (In a Circle Records) New Classical Tracks - Johnny Gandelsman by “I was born in Russia into a family of musicians. Both of my parents are musicians. My only sibling, my older sister, is a violinist as well,” says violinist Johnny Gandelsman, who has been living in Brooklyn since 1999. “I've been playing since I was 5 years old, and my family moved to Israel when I was a kid. Then I came to the United Stat...
Amanda Lee Falkenberg's latest album is out of this world
November 16, 2022 08:02 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBAmanda Lee Falkenberg with Marin Alsop/The London Symphony Orchestra & The London Voices — The Moons Symphony (Signum) New Classical Tracks - Amanda Lee Falkenberg by Amanda Lee Falkenberg is an Australian-born composer and pianist who lives in Dubai. Five years ago she took a leap of faith that led to the creation of a choral symphony that merges science and art. After a random email to a NASA scientist, which opened an entire universe of possibilities, she started...
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine rereleases a celebration of Black composers
November 09, 2022 08:02 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBRachel Barton Pine — Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries (Cedille) New Classical Tracks - Rachel Barton Pine by “You could say that the album that I've just rereleased is really the album that I would have made in 1997 had I only been able to back then,” violinist Rachel Barton Pine said about releasing a pioneering recording celebrating Black composers of the 18th and 19th centuries. “I couldn't be more excited.” Pine is reissuing and refresh...
Horn player Sarah Willis learns to dance with second volume of 'Mozart y Mambo'
October 26, 2022 07:02 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBSarah Willis — Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances (Alpha) Jump to giveaway form New Classical Tracks - Sarah Willis by When Sarah Willis travelled to Cuba two years ago to record Vol. 1 of her three-part series Mozart y Mambo, she wanted to make music and to make a difference. Thanks to profits from that first album, members of the Havana Lyceum Orchestra now have new instruments, and you can hear the difference those instruments make on Mozart y Mambo, Vol. 2, which was r...
Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson reflects on his contemporary inspirations
October 19, 2022 07:02 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBVíkingur Ólafsson — From Afar (DG) New Classical Tracks - Víkingur Ólafsson by “I'm not shy when meeting people. I have met many fantastic people in my life. But meeting György Kurtág felt different to me. I had this feeling of awe,” Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson said. He was starstruck last year when out of the blue, he was invited to Budapest to meet the 96-year-old Hungarian composer. Their 10-minute meeting turned into several hours of musical discovery. ...
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason expresses his artistic freedom
October 12, 2022 07:02 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBSheku Kanneh-Mason — Song (Decca) New Classical Tracks - The Knights by “Song really speaks to the vocal quality I find in all the pieces of music that I selected for my instrument,” cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason said about expressing his artistic freedom on his latest solo recording, Song. ”The cello has such a wonderful ability to sing in all of these different styles and combinations of instruments in arranging while improvising. The cool singing quality of the cello...
The Knights reimagine the ideas of Beethoven and Tolstoy
October 05, 2022 07:02 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBThe Knights — The Kreutzer Project (Avie) New Classical Tracks - The Knights by “Aren’t we all obsessed with time travel? Aren’t we all wanting to have dinner with that person that’s not alive anymore,” conductor of the Knights, Eric Jacobsen, asked when he fired up the time machine for their newest album, The Kreutzer Project. With his brother, violinist and composer Colin Jacobsen, they explore time-traveling dialogues between Beethoven in 1803, Leo Tolstoy in 18...
Time for Three explores old and new compositions written for the string trio
September 28, 2022 07:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBTime for Three — Letters for the Future (DG) New Classical Tracks - Time for Three by “This is Kevin Puts; he’s our new member, our composer in residence — ‘Time for Four.’” The members of the string trio Time for Three — violinists Nick Kendall and Charles Yang, and bassist Ranaan Meyer — are talking about Puts and his involvement on their latest album, Letters for the Future, which also includes music by composer Jennifer Higdon. Meyer: “We've been on this journ...
Cellist Claire Bryant uses her voice to uplift incarcerated musicians
September 21, 2022 07:02 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBClaire Bryant — Whole Heart (Bright Shiny Things) Jump to giveaway form New Classical Tracks - Claire Bryant by “I chose to release my album at the Lee Correctional Institution,” said cellist Claire Bryant about her debut recording, Whole Heart. “It is one of the largest maximum-security prisons in South Carolina. “I chose to do that because my group, Decoda, has done a series of songwriting workshops every year over the past eight years at Lee,” she said. “The men ...
Pianist Orli Shaham continues her Mozart piano sonatas project
September 14, 2022 07:02 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBOrli Shaham — Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 & 3 (Canary Classics) New Classical Tracks - Orli Shaham by “Through the course of this project, I got a taste of what it would have felt like to be Mozart,” pianist Orli Shaham said about recording all 18 of Mozart’s piano sonatas. “It was probably exhausting because he had so many ideas running through his system all the time. It must have been a difficult brain to live in.” Continuing her Mozart project, Shaham has rele...
World-premiere recordings honor legacy of William Grant Still
September 07, 2022 07:02 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBAvlana Eisenberg conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with violinist Zina Schiff — William Grant Still: Summerland/Violin Suite/Pastorela/American Suite (Naxos) New Classical Tracks - Avlana and Celeste by ”It's crucial to remember this is not new music. These manuscripts have been around for generations. I'm aware that there are many more pieces from William Grant Sill and other composers who have been neglected over the years,” conductor Avlana Eisenbe...
Double bassist Julius Darvas of the Janoska Ensemble talks about the big B's
August 31, 2022 07:02 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBJanoska Ensemble — The Big B’s (DG) New Classical Tracks - Janoska Ensemble by Two violins, double bass and piano is an unusual combination for a classical quartet, but it’s the perfect combination for the Janoska Ensemble. “It's a new window that we want to open for classical music,” double bassist Julius Darvas said about the ensemble’s sound. “We want to bring a new wave of air in classical music that includes great improvisation, with fantastic arrangements an...
Violinist Itamar Zorman turned an idea into an odyssey
August 24, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBItamar Zorman — Violin Odyssey (First Hand) New Classical Tracks - Itamar Zorman by Like many musicians during the pandemic, Israeli violinist Itamar Zorman found creative ways to continue performing. He and his wife, pianist Liza Stepanova, created a live-streamed video series, Hidden Gems. It was that video series that inspired Zorman’s latest recording, Violin Odyssey. Why are you calling this project Violin Odyssey? “Somehow the geographical scope of this music...
Leif Ove Andsnes continues his momentum with Mozart
August 10, 2022 07:02 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBLeif Ove Andsnes — Mozart Momentum: 1786 (Sony Classical) New Classical Tracks - Leif Ove Andsnes by “On stage you have to have a childlike openness,” Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes said. “There will be moments in concerts where I feel, ‘I’m creating now. It's actually happening in the moment.’ Also, there is nothing as beautiful as Mozart's music.” Andsnes is an artistic partner of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble that has no home base. They’re consta...
Guitarist Frederic Hand celebrates outstanding 40-year career at Met and beyond
August 03, 2022 07:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBFrederic Hand — Across Time (New Focus Recordings) New Classical Tracks - Frederic Hand by ”I'm not sure why this happened, but he started to sing at a slower tempo. I had this moment of panic,” guitarist Frederic Hand said during one of the many stories he can tell about his role as the official guitarist for the Metropolitan Opera. “Here we are, and it comes down to the guitar player to make a decision whether to follow the conductor or to follow the most famous si...
Aznavoorian Duo celebrates the sounds of Armenia
July 27, 2022 07:02 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBAznavoorian Duo — Gems From Armenia (Cedille) New Classical Tracks - Aznavoorian Duo by “It's like watching French films. It’s the simplest thing, yet you're bawling your eyes out,” pianist Marta Aznavoorian said. “These pieces are like that for us; they're memories. They're examples of what it means for us to be Armenian.” The Aznavoorian Duo, which also features her sister, cellist Ani Aznavoorian, makes its debut with the album Gems From Armenia. “Most Armenians...
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan tackle Beethoven's sonatas
July 13, 2022 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBAlisa Weilerstein / Inon Barnatan: Beethoven Cello Sonatas (Pentatone) New Classical Tracks - Alisa Weilerstein by “It takes organization. But it is more than possible, and it's fantastic.” That’s cellist Alisa Weilerstein talking about what it takes to integrate family with an active career. About five months ago, she and her husband, conductor Rafael Payare, welcomed their second daughter, Elina, who joins big sister Ariadna. But not only did Weilerstein expand...
Marc-André Hamelin explores William Bolcom's piano rags in his new album
July 06, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBMarc-André Hamelin – William Bolcom: The Complete Rags (Hyperion) New Classical Tracks - Marc-André Hamelin by “In 1985, I won the Carnegie Hall competition for American Music. One of the prizes was an invitation to the Cabrillo Festival in California, which is still going on, I think. And the two composers in residence that year happened to be Arvo Pärt and William Bolcom. So, I got to meet him.” Pianist Marc-André Hamelin not only got to meet Bolcom, the American...
Conductor Michael Repper releases debut album with the New York Youth Symphony
June 22, 2022 07:02 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBMichael Repper and the New York Youth Symphony — Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman (Avie) New Classical Tracks - Michael Repper by “Maybe it's because I come from the Marin Alsop school of conducting and how I was taught, but we want to build community,” conductor Michael Repper said. “We want to make the world a better place, and we want to be connecting people.” In 2017, it was Repper’s mentor, Alsop, who recommended that he be the next ...
Paraguayan guitarist Berta Roja honors the history of classical guitar
June 15, 2022 07:02 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBBerta Rojas — Legado (Onmusic) New Classical Tracks - Berta Rojas by “I named her La Rojita, the little red one, because she travels in a red case and my last name is Rojas,” Paraguayan guitarist Berta Roja said about her newly returned guitar, which was stolen the day after she recorded her latest release, Legado. This recording illuminates pieces written by or as a tribute to two of the most illustrious and influential players in the history of classical guitar...
Catalyst Quartet continues its 'Uncovered' series with composer Florence Price
June 08, 2022 07:02 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBCatalyst Quartet — Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price (Azica) New Classical Tracks - Catalyst Quartet by “She just wanted a chance, and she never really got it,” violist Paul Laraia said about composer Florence Price. “It's so fulfilling that we were able to release all of this chamber music. Four of these works have never been recorded.” Last year, his group, the Catalyst Quartet, launched its first album in a series of recordings commemorating historically im...
Soprano Nadine Sierra is 'Made for Opera'
June 01, 2022 07:02 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBNadine Sierra — Made for Opera (DG) New Classical Tracks - Nadine Sierra by “My grandmother was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal. She had a beautiful voice and always loved music, especially classical and opera,” soprano Nadine Sierra said. “She wanted to become an opera singer, but my great-grandfather didn't allow her to pursue any kind of career. My whole life has been prepared and made for opera.” Sierra dedicates her latest recording, Made for Opera, to her...
Lara Downes reflects on the music of Scott Joplin
May 25, 2022 07:02 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBLara Downes — Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered (Rising Sun Music) New Classical Tracks - Lara Downes by Pianist Lara Downes is reconsidering Scott Joplin, who he was and what he did. Joplin was an incredible innovator who really brought American music into the 20th century. Downes digs deeper into his legacy in her latest recording, Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered. Why did you want to learn Joplin’s music, which many of us learned about from the movie ...
Amit Peled loves the warmth of his new cello
May 18, 2022 07:02 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBAmit Peled — Solus Et Una (CTM Classics) New Classical Tracks - Amit Peled by “The instrument I'm using for this recording helped me to feel more intune with myself because it's a cello that I received during the pandemic. It's a Grancino that was made in 1695,” Israeli-born cellist Amit Peled said. “Just before the pandemic, I had to return Pablo Casals’ cello, which I used before. The moment I touched this cello, I felt it. I'm basking in an imaginary hot chocolate...
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet celebrate 40 years
April 27, 2022 07:02 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBLos Angeles Guitar Quartet — Opalescent (Lagq Records) Jump to giveaway form New Classical Tracks - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet by “One could argue that the original goal was that we needed to get an A this classical guitar ensemble we signed up for,” guitarist William Kanengiser said about how the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet started. “We're still working on it.” The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet was formed 40 years ago at the University of Southern California and they’r...