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Virtuoso Voices - Semyon Bychkov (Street Smart)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Semyon Bychkov
Do you have to be American to play Jazz? Or Viennese to play a waltz, or French to play... any French music? The answer is “no.” But conductor S...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Semyon Bychkov (Still Rachmaninoff)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Semyon Bychkov
Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff suffered the musical equivalent of writer’s block for three agonizing years. When he finally emerged from his creativ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Laughing Piano)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
George Gershwin could be called a "What If" composer. "What if" he had lived longer than just 39 years, what more would he have written? And, "Wh...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Danielle de Niese (No Crying in Opera)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Danielle de Niese, Credit: hansspeekenbrink-nl
Opera singers today are being asked to do more, and are expected to do more on the operatic stage – especially when it comes to showing their actin...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Lynn Harrell (Pass the Soup)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Lynn Harrell, Credit: Christian Steiner
Beethoven was one of the first composers to demonstrate the cello's wide range of expressive capabilities. But there was one characteristic Beetho...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Lynn Harrell (The French Manner)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Lynn Harrell, Credit: Christian Steiner
The impressionist movement in music began in France during the late nineteenth century. Composers like Debussy rebelled against what they consider...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Lynn Harrell (War in Piece)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Lynn Harrell, Credit: Christian Steiner
Cellist Lynn Harrell has played the Dvorak Cello Concerto throughout his career, and it's a work he continues to study. Before the cello's first e...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Mark Elder (Action at Sea)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Mark Elder, Credit: Shelia Rock
Claude Debussy's music helped define the impressionist movement in music. The fuzzy borders and pastel swashes of color that Monet and Cezanne bro...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Mark Elder (More Schvung Please)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Mark Elder, Credit: Shelia Rock
When British conductor Mark Elder wants to give his orchestra some directions for tempo and inflection, his native language falls short... especial...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Menahem Pressler (No Show)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Menahem Pressler
Pianist Menahem Pressler spent 53 years as the pianist of the legendary Beaux Arts Trio. He could easily have taken the soloist route, giving reci...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Menahem Pressler (Reinvented the Wheel)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Menahem Pressler
The Beaux Arts Trio was widely recognized for consistently reaching and upholding the highest musical standards. But there were times when they di...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Till Fellner (Big Chamber Music)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Till Fellner
Small or "soft" are not concepts we normally associate with Beethoven's music, and especially the Beethoven Piano Concertos. Pianist Till Fellner ...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :23
Virtuoso Voices - Till Fellner (Changing Characters)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Till Fellner
If you ever played piano, chances are you played at least one of the Two or Three-Part Inventions by Bach. Pianist Till Fellner says part of their...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :23
Virtuoso Voices - Zuill Bailey (Bach’s Free Start)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Zuill Bailey, Credit: Lisa Marie Mazzucco
(March 21st is Bach's birthday.) There are many ways to celebrate Bach musically. If you're a cellist, you probably thank your lucky stars every ...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Yuja Wang (Liszt’s Life)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Yuja Wang
Pianist Yuja Wang plays the monumental – some might even call it “larger than life" – Piano Sonata by Liszt on her debut CD. Historically, the Son...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Manuel Barrueco (Not An Act)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Caption: Manuel Barrueco, Credit: EMI-David Thompson
What are the ingredients that go into a successful performance? Guitarist Manuel Barrueco says once you have the notes under your belt, it’s time ...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :19
Virtuoso Voices - Robert Spano (ASO Democracy)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Robert Spano
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra operates under a management approach known as “collective leadership.” Conductor Robert Spano says something rare, ...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Herbert Blomstedt (8 vs. 9)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Herbert Blomstedt
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is subtitled the “Ode to Joy.” His Symphony No. 8 doesn’t have a subtitle or nickname, but conductor Herbert Blomstedt ...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Robert Spano (Adams' Accomplishment)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Robert Spano
The New York Philharmonic commissioned composer John Adams to write a new work for the first anniversary of 9/11. Instead of writing music for tho...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Vadim Repin (Putting Off Brahms)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vadim Repin
Brahms knew how to make an entrance. After a stormy orchestral introduction, the violin enters with plenty of fire and electricity. But like all ...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Vadim Repin (Nothing Becomes Rachmaninoff)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vadim Repin
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
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Vadim Repin (Between the Melancholy)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vadim Repin
The Piano Trio by Tchaikovsky is somewhat bathed in sadness and melancholy – and for understandable reasons: it was written as a memorial for Tchai...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (No Turning Back)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Evelyn Glennie
Many elements, obvious and not so obvious, distinguish one instrument from the other. But the one thing that makes playing a percussion instrument...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Simone Dinnerstein (Bach Speaks)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When it comes to interpreting the Goldberg Variations, many view the 1955 Glenn Gould recording as the gold standard. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein h...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: :21
Virtuoso Voices - Lorin Maazel (Don't Play for Me)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Lorin Maazel
How does a conductor get the orchestra to play for him or her? Conductor Lorin Maazel says that's the wrong question to ask if you want to get a g...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1

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