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Virtuoso Voices - Clarice Assad (First Style First)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Clarice Assad is a composer, singer, arranger, and her musical arena includes classical music, Jazz and Brazilian Pop. When she was asked to write...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :34
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - David Russell (Play it Slow)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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"Asturias" is one of those rhythmically passionate Spanish guitar pieces you've heard a hundred times, but may not know by name. But when you've h...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Sharon Isbin (Full Contact Guitar)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Each instrument, whether it's the oboe or the triangle, has its own distinctive quality or quirk -- the one element that makes it different from an...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 31, 2006
  • Length: :34
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Lynn Harrell (Serving Audiences)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Cellist Lynn Harrell, like all serious musicians, dedicates himself to the music and it's composer. What sets him apart from some other musicians ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Nov 01, 2006
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Long Live Mozart)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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In our eternal quest to find a brilliant summary of Mozart's contribution to classical music and the world at large, here is Roy Goodman. The Brit...

Bought by WHRV, Eclectic 89.1 WBCX, WITF, and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 28, 2006
  • Length: :34
  • Purchases: 4
Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Goodman's Mission)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Who knows best? When it comes to classical music, conductor Roy Goodman says it's not the conductor, the first violinist or the music critic. It'...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Nov 01, 2006
  • Length: :35
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Bach Never Compromised)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Roy Goodman offers his respect for trumpet players who play those stratospheric high notes in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto Number 2, but points out ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (Brahms Tremors)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Everyone has their favorite piece of music. For Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, it has always been the Brahms Violin Concerto. Her challenge ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 31, 2006
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Dvorak Wind Serenade)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Conductor Andrew Litton gives Dvorak and a highly polished Wind section some time in the spotlight. Use this 27 second clip to introduce Andrew Lit...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Loves Choosing Repertoire)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Have you ever wondered how a performer chooses the music they'll play and record? For Gil Shaham, it's simply a case of love at first hearing. Us...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Sep 02, 2006
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Menahem Pressler (Like Broccoli)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Menahem Pressler
In his 60 plus years of playing chamber music, pianist Menahem Pressler has seen just about everything – including a point in time when chamber mus...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (Holiday Dreams)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg fulfills her life-long dream to turn the holiday music memories of a child into her own Christmas Music CD. She...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Sarah Chang (Let it Fly)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra plays to the beat of a different conductor - they don't have one. Each member is a conductor or a "leader" as they p...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Getting Away with Gershwin)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
There's a lot to hear in George Gershwin's music. Gershwin fan and conductor Andrew Litton says you can enjoy the music on its face or sonic value...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Rafal Blechacz (Funny Man)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Rafal Blechacz, Credit: Felix Broede-DG
With Rafal Blechacz's recording of piano sonatas by Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn, the Polish pianist likes to mention that of these three most influ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Orion Weis (Deep Massenet)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The "Meditation" from the Opera, "Thais", is the only moment we know from this all but forgotten opera by Jules Massenet. Today, the "Meditation" ...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and WFSU


  • Added: Jan 01, 2007
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Jennifer Higdon (Turning Down Work)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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There's an old saying in the music business: never turn down work. Composer Jennifer Higdon maintains a full schedule of commissions, and sometim...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Jaime Laredo (It’s No Joke)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Jaime Laredo
Viola jokes were once all the rage, but Jaime Laredo is one viola player who never took offense. Use this clip to introduce violist, violinist and...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2010
  • Length: :21
Virtuoso Voices - Mark Elder (Melody on the Breath)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Mark Elder, Credit: Shelia Rock
How does a conductor or any musician for that matter, choose the right tempo. How fast, or how slow, should the music go? Conductor Mark Elder fi...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: :23
Virtuoso Voices - Misha Dichter (In the Genes)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Misha Dichter, Credit: Stefan Cohen
How do musicians choose their repertoire? It’s not just about personal preferences. Pianist Misha Dichter says, sometimes, it’s about anatomy. U...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Misha Dichter (Resolving Beethoven)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Misha Dichter, Credit: Stefan Cohen
How fast should Beethoven be played? Pianist Misha Dichter usually believes in following the composer’s instructions. But with Beethoven he’s not...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Kristjan Jarvi (Pacing is Everything)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Caption: Kristjan Järvi, Credit: Peter Rigaud
You may be old enough to remember American Bandstand with Dick Clark, where each week a couple of teenagers would rate a new record. From that seg...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: :29
Virtuoso Voices - Yuja Wang (On the Edge)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Caption: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang’s new CD is called “Transformation,” and each piece on the recording undergoes a transforming process. Some of those transformations are...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas (Tea Party Trio)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
One of the highpoints of Gustav Mahler's epic symphony – his Symphony No. 8, is a scene in the second part* of the Symphony. Three sopranos each t...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :28
Virtuoso Voices - Jennifer Higdon (For the People)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Composer Jennifer Higdon is one of the busiest, most performed and most acclaimed American composers today. From her vantage point, she understand...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1

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