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Rachmaninoff is known for writing expressive and engaging melodies. That's certainly the case with his Elegiac Trio No. 1. Violinist Vadim Repin ...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :20
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Tchaikovsky wrote his piano trio as a memorial tribute to a colleague, friend and mentor – Nicolay Rubinstein. In this musical memorial, violinist...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :30
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Violinist Joshua Bell's CD "At Home with Friends" is an eclectic mix of classical music, Blue Grass, Jazz, Indian music and more. In a sense, this...
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :26
Violinist Joshua Bell has a CD – "At Home with Friends" – where he recaptures the musical get-togethers he hosts in his Manhattan home with friends...
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :22
Since leaving the New York Philharmonic in 2009, conductor Lorin Maazel has been as busy as ever, but never too busy to look back at his seven year...
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- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: :27
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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
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Actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin was also a composer. His song, "Smile," is a standard and a favorite of balladeers…and violinists. The lyrics...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :25
The name of the piece is "Mirror in Mirror." It's a seven minute work by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers describes it as...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :26
Before a new piece of music is played for the first time – before it is judged either a masterpiece or a disaster, it exists in a state of musical ...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :19
Dvorak's "New World" Symphony is at the top of nearly everyone's "Hit Parade" - and his other big symphonies and the Cello Concerto are not far beh...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :26
Every orchestra has a trademark - it can be their overall sound, an instrumental section within the orchestra like the Chicago Symphony Brass, or i...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :29
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein's most recent CD begins with the French Suite No. 5 by Bach. Here's her brief translation of the French in the French S...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :21
There are a couple of myths about Russian piano players – one of them is that they only play Russian music. Yefim Bronfman was born in Tashkent, U...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :17
Carl Maria von Weber wrote quite a bit of solo music for the clarinet, and much of it is highly dramatic and virtuosic. Weber tended to think of i...
- Added: Dec 30, 2008
- Length: :22
"Who were your influences?" That's one of the questions artists and performers from all fields hate to be asked. It may have to do with how many ...
- Added: Dec 30, 2008
- Length: :26
Some concertos contain multiple technical and virtuosic challenges. Playing through them all can be an exhausting physical experience, similar to ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2008
- Length: :26
Pianist Helene Grimaud took a somewhat uncommon approach to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5. She decided to play one side against the other. Use...
- Added: Dec 31, 2008
- Length: :25
When the Canadian Brass was looking to add a new trumpet player to the group in 2007, they knew exactly who they wanted for the job. Use this 22 s...
- Added: Nov 29, 2008
- Length: :22
To get an orchestra of 60 or 100 players to play like one is the eternal challenge for a conductor. Every orchestra is different but conductor JoA...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :29
Performers, their teachers and their audience demand perfection. Since perfection really can't be achieved, that puts musicians in a compromising ...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :26
Is there an "American sound" when it comes to classical music? Conductor JoAnn Falletta makes this case for Aaron Copland. Use this 25 second cli...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :25
Alexander Zemlinsky is one of several early 20th century German composers whose music was suppressed by the Nazis prior to World War Two. Conducto...
- Added: Jul 28, 2008
- Length: :23
Composer Alexander Zemlinsky was one of several German composers who ran afoul of the German government in the early 20th century. Conductor James...
- Added: Jul 28, 2008
- Length: :24
When conductor Myung-Whun Chung teaches conducting students how to approach and interpret French music, his lesson consists of three words: "live i...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :27
Who knows where inspiration truly comes from? It's different for anyone, but inspiration can strike anytime. Conductor Ivan Fischer says Mahler o...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :32
