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Virtuoso Voices - Olli Mustonen (Forest Sonata)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

The Piano Sonata No.1 by Rachmaninoff is, like most of Rachmaninoff's music, robust and hearty in sound. Pianist Olli Mustonen calls it "a symphon...

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :25

Virtuoso Voices - Olli Mustonen (Nature of Music)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

How much do you need to know and understand to enjoy classical music? Olli Mustonen is best known as a pianist, but he also conducts and composes ...

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :25

Virtuoso Voices - Olli Mustonen (Rare Sibelius)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Although Jean Sibelius is best known for his symphonies and his violin concerto, he also dabbled in the world of short piano pieces. Olli Mustonen...

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :29

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Don't Worry)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Many recordings these days are made from live concert performances. The pressure and excitement of a live setting often brings out a more spontane...

Bought by WITF

Added: Aug 01, 2007
Length: :22
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Perfect Violin Concerto)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Joshua Bell's relationship with the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto goes back more than 35 years. It's not just one of the world's favorite concertos ...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :21
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Mozart's Horn)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

If you're a horn player, Mozart's a likely hero. He wrote four gorgeous concertos for horn plus some shorter solo pieces. Admirers of Mozart's ho...

Bought by WHRV and WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :33
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Haydn's Children)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

If you've heard or read only one thing about Haydn, it's probably that he is the undisputed "Father of the Symphony". Conductor Roy Goodman thinks...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :30
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Rachmaninoff's Trousers)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

You don't need to be Russian to play Rachmaninoff, although some well-meaning Russians have been known to make that nationalistic claim. Still, pi...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :32
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Chopin's Legendary Ballades)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Chopin's Ballades for piano scale some of the hefty dramatic and emotional heights that personify the "romantic" era of composition from the late 1...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 31, 2007
Length: :31
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Chill Out)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Somebody always falls asleep at a concert. It's been a long day; the concert is at the end of the day. Maybe the performance is a real "yawner." ...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :29
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Not Always Sweet)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Yolanda Kondonassis is an advocate for harp music new and old. When she lobbies today's composers, she encourages them to both appreciate and thin...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :28
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Salzedo's Sugar)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Carlos Salzedo was an innovative man of the harp. He performed, he taught, he built instruments and composed. As a composer, Yolanda Kondonassis ...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :31
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Who's Hovhaness?)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Traditionally, composers have gone beyond their own national boundaries for their creative inspiration. One composer who frequently thought and co...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :29
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Maurizio Pollini (Universal Chopin)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Before Pope John Paul II, Poland's most celebrated national hero was Frederic Chopin. His music was a source of inspiration and comfort for a coun...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 25, 2007
Length: :27
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Maurizio Pollini (Mozart not Muzak)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 is very well known, primarily because of its Second Movement. Besides the concert hall and CD, you're also likely to...

Bought by WHRV and WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :26
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (Nervous Composers)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

If you're a conductor, it's helpful to have a living composer at your side to answer questions about their music that may come up during rehearsals...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :28
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Maurizio Pollini (No Mozart Reruns)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Two of the most frequently used key strokes on the computer are "copy" and "paste." It probably saves us hours of time each week. Pianist Maurizi...

Bought by WHRV and WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :23
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Maurizio Pollini (Mozart Without Conductor)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Mozart originally conceived many of his Piano Concertos as works he would both play and conduct. Occasionally, pianist Maurizio Pollini performs t...

Bought by WHRV and WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :33
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (Brooklyn Cowboy)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

It's natural to wonder how a composer can write music that touches us in such powerful ways. With Aaron Copland, that question is more specific. ...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 20, 2007
Length: :34
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (Easy Does It)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

There is ample evidence that composer Aaron Copland wanted his music performed straight, as is, with little added emotion or nuance by the performe...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 20, 2007
Length: :26
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Brahms is Humbling)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Violinist Gil Shaham is spending much of this year playing Brahms. Whether it's the Sonatas, the Violin Concerto or the Double Concerto, it's alwa...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 30, 2007
Length: :28
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Family Gathering)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Violinist Gil Shaham plays with his sister Orli and her husband, conductor David Robertson. He also performs with his wife, violinist Adele Anthon...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 30, 2007
Length: :25
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (It's Primal)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

When you love your work, it's more than just a "job." And that's certainly the case with many musicians, including violinist Gil Shaham (SHAH-hahm)...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media