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Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas (Leviathan)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
Mahler's Symphony No. 8, known as the "Symphony of a Thousand," calls for about 350 musicians on stage – a massive orchestra, three choirs and eigh...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas (Shake your Baton)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
More than 350 musicians are heard on the recording of the Mahler Symphony No. 8 with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tils...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :30
Virtuoso Voices - Catrin Finch (Her Royal Harpness)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Catrin Finch
Up-and-coming performers dream of getting their big break. For harpist Catrin Finch, her big break came with the help of a royal music lover - His...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: :20
Virtuoso Voices - Catrin Finch (Not Harsh or Bare)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Catrin Finch
Harpist Catrin recorded the Bach Goldberg Variations. Musical purists will likely raise some type of fuss over the "Goldbergs" being played on the...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Catrin Finch (Return Engagement)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Catrin Finch
Bach's Goldberg Variations – now there's a piece of music where we could have a practically endless conversation, starting with the first few notes...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Vladimir Spivakov (Difficult Success Recipe)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vladimir Spivakov, Credit: Valery Plotnikov
What's the key to a successful and highly creative performing career? Violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov explodes one myth and reveals his ...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :19
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Elevated Telemann)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
Thomas Stacy was the long time English horn and Oboe D'amore player with the New York Philharmonic. He usually sat in one of the back rows of the ...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Copland's Afterthought)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
The English horn is a specialty instrument -- a longer, deeper version of the oboe. One of the English horn's best known moments comes with the lo...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Charles Dutoit (Dream Audience)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Charles Dutoit
Everyone, from the TV networks to Madison Avenue, wants the attention and especially the dollars from the 20 and 30-somethings. Even our orchestra...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Charles Dutoit (Young Charlie)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Charles Dutoit
Everyone has a view on the "youth of today," including conductor Charles Dutoit. When it comes to today's youth, he's not a grouch, but he would l...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Charles Dutoit (No Drama)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Charles Dutoit
Composer Igor Stravinsky did not necessarily want us to hear or feel emotion in his music. According to conductor Charles Dutoit, Stravinsky was a...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Debt to Society)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
Andrew Litton is not the first, and probably not the last to say his big career break came when he saw Leonard Bernstein conduct for the first time...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (History Helps)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
Normally, Andrew Litton does not delve too deeply into a composer's life story and history when he prepares to conduct that composer's music. He m...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Play Now, Write Later)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is a masterpiece of procrastination. Gershwin barely finished the work in time for the world premiere. In fact...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Angela Cheng (Mozart's First and Last)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Pianist Angela Cheng, like many people, has a thing for Mozart -- his symphonies, his piano concertos and his uncanny ability with first drafts. S...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Angela Cheng (Piano Queen)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Pianist Clara Schumann was ahead of her time -- she was a leading soloist of her day and a composer. Although she's best known as Robert Schumann'...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Conducting the NY Phil)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
As the long time English horn player with the New York Philharmonic, Thomas Stacy has seen and heard just about everything. From his seat in the o...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Rainy Days and Sundays)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
English horn player Thomas Stacy grew up in Augusta, Arkansas, population three thousand (3,000). He's one of the most recorded English horn playe...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Jonathan Biss (Blood, Sweat and Tears)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Jonathan Biss
The musical heights reached by Beethoven stretch even higher when you consider the enormous physical challenges he overcame, from total deafness to...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Jonathan Biss (Grab My Knee)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Jonathan Biss
Its subtitle is the "Elvira Madigan" Concerto, thanks to its presence in the obscure 1967 Swedish film by the same name. But Mozart's Piano Concer...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Jonathan Biss (Not On the List)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Jonathan Biss
There are hundreds of lists that designate the Top Ten or Top 100 of anything, from movies to books to restaurants. Classical music has its "best ...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Jonathan Biss (Quick Change Artist)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Jonathan Biss
We tend to forget that composing requires advanced skills, in addition to its purely creative inspiration. That fusion of skill, craft and creativ...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :23
Virtuoso Voices - Jonathan Biss (Testing Beethoven's Limits)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Jonathan Biss
As a young man, and a young composer, Beethoven used the piano as a laboratory, where he could experiment and try out new sounds and musical ideas....

  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Paavo Jarvi (Family Business)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Paavo Järvi, Credit: Photo by Lang Photography
It's many a mother and father's dream to have their children follow in their footsteps. Then there's the Jarvi family. Use this 28 second clip to...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Paavo Jarvi (Love-Hate Relationship)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Paavo Järvi, Credit: Photo by Lang Photography
Shostakovich is an important part of Paavo Jarvi's repertoire. Although the composer's music often tells the story of Russian history and politics...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1

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