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Studio Rio Presents The Brazil Connection
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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What would it sound like if some of the classics of American music were recorded in Rio De Janeiro?

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Harford Community Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Virtuoso Voices: Produced Funders - Marin Alsop (Language Barrier)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm): Funders
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Use any of these Funder Spot choices during your Classical Music Fundraising programming, and especially before or after playing any performance co...

Bought by WSMC, KVNO, WMNR, New Hampshire Public Radio, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 10
Virtuoso Voices - Yuja Wang (Brahms the Torturer)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Yuja Wang
The technical and musical challenges for the pianist who plays Brahms are immense, and when it comes to his “Paganini Variations,” pianist Yuja Wan...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (5-4-3-2-GO!)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Hilary Hahn
Violinist Hilary Hahn performed on the Tonight Show in March 2010. The late night show had been in the news lately with a little hosting drama. D...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Lorin Maazel (Addiction)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Lorin Maazel
Some obsessions and compulsions are better than others, and conductor Lorin Maazel admits that at one point in his career, he spent too much time a...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KVLU, KUHF, and BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4
Virtuoso Voices - Jose Serebrier (Going to War)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: José Serebrier
You may have heard that the future of the recording industry is somewhat up in the air as new technologies make it possible to access music in new ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Leila Josefowicz (Shostakovich the Movie)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich spent most of his entire creative life worrying about whether his government was going to send him to jail or...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Walton's Henry V)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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If you have any doubts about the quality and integrity of film music, and the music's ability to stand on its own without the picture, composer Wil...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Playing Barefoot)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Percussionist Evelyn Glennie plays shoeless, but she says it's not to make a fashion or social statement. Use this 30 second clip to introduce any...

Bought by WITF, WEKU, and New England Public Media


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3