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Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Better than Bellini)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Composed while Chopin was still a teenager, Pianist Garrick Ohlsson calls Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 "as great a masterpiece as anybody has ever ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Chopin for Last)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The "People's Favorite": pianist Garrick Ohlsson talks about the universal popularity and mood altering music by Chopin. It's like "dessert" -- wh...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Polish Hero)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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They "contain canons buried in flowers." "Pianist Garrick Ohlsson talks about the mixed messages contained within the Chopin Polonaises for piano....

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Brahms Juicy Meat)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Good News: you don't need an advanced degree, or have even played an instrument, to enjoy classical music. Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman passes o...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 23, 2006
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Rhapsody Redefined)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Sergie Rachmaninoff's music has been called everything from sappy and sentimental to over-done romantic gush. Pianist Stephen Hough strongly disag...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (After Dinner Chocolates)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Classical Music isn't always SO SERIOUS. Pianist Stephen Hough has made a specialty of playing little novelty works, known as "miniatures." They'...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Naughty But Legal)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Pianist Stephen Hough talks about his approach to making transcriptions of well known music. It's a long-standing tradition that often got out of ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :32
  • 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 - David Russell (Pujol's Clatter)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Sometimes music is not just about melody, it's about creating a scene or portraying a character that often redefines the boundaries of "beauty". G...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Early American Christmas)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Some of America's earliest classical music came from the Moravians, a German Protestant sect, who settled in isolated regions of Pennsylvania and N...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah 360)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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There's a longstanding debate over the appropriate time of year to perform Handel's "Messiah." With its Christmas and Easter messages, is it more ...

Bought by WKYU, WITF, New England Public Media, KISU, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 5
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah Twist)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Recycling one's own music was a common practice in Handel's day. Interestingly, or strangely, one of the best known choruses from Handel's Messiah...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
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 - David Russell (Considerate Practicing)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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If you've ever lived next door to a musician, or lived under the same roof, you're more than familiar with the musician's practicing routine. That...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: :25
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 - Sarah Chang (40 Minute Peace)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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With her constant jet setting from state to state, and continent to continent, violinist Sarah Chang says she's become a "frequent flyer mileage qu...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Liszt and Michael Jackson)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Star gazing, and our occasional infatuation with celebrities, dates back long before movies and television. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet (ZHhahn-Ev...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Not to Worry)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra goes conductor-less; they determine their musical interpretations amongst themselves. While that approach is somethi...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: :21
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 - Danielle de Niese (Song and Dance)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Danielle de Niese, Credit: hansspeekenbrink-nl
The career of soprano Danielle de Niese really took off when she performed the role of Cleopatra in the Handel opera, Julius Caesar. Her operatic ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Pascal Roge (Not Cold Enough)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Pascal Roge
Pianist Pascal Roge has fond memories of his student days at the Paris Conservatory. He studied with Marguerite Long, who was one of Debussy's fav...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
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 (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

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