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Caption: Luxembourgian pianist Miguel Baselga
Hear famous Spanish and Mexican composers and their not so famous works. With pianist Miguel Baselga, The State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and B...

Bought by KVNO, WRGY, GCR (Global Community Radio), WXXI Rochester, KRZA and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 40
Caption: Alberto Ginastera with pianist Barabara Nissman
Works by Alberto Ginastera, the self-described “man of Latin America” and one of South America’s most important and innovative composers of the twe...

Bought by KMUN, KUCO, WRTI, KSJE, KVNO and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 43
Caption: Composer and Conductor Tania León
Music by some of Cuba’s best-known and best-loved composers, all born in Havana.

Bought by KUER, GCR (Global Community Radio), KPIP-LP, KMUN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 13
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From Cuba’s Joaquín Nin and Leo Brouwer to Argentina’s Astor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Golijov to Uruguay’s Alfonso Broqua, music by Latin American com...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, KSJE, WCQS, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 41
Caption: Composer José Luis Greco, Credit: Sandra Gallardo
This week’s program comprises two works from opposite ends of the 20th century: the complete music to the 1919 ballet El Sombrero de tres picos (Th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNO, WRGY, KRZA, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 50
Caption: Ara Malikian
An array of some of the great Spanish works written for violin in the second half of the nineteenth century. Works by Sarasate, Monasterio, and Fer...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVNO, KSJE, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 50
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Not to be confused with the popular operettas and lyric operas popular in Spain from the 1850s through the mid-20th century, the zarzuelas on this ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNO, WRGY, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSJE and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 47
Caption: Guitarist and Composer Fernando Sor
In the 19th century, the guitar was still thought of as something heard at village fairs, an easy to strum instrument, meant for nothing more than ...

Bought by KUER, KMUN, WCQS, WRTI, KVNO and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2024
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 47
Caption: Jorge Morel
This week, we focus on Argentine guitarist and composer Jorge Morel, with recordings of his works performed by David Starobin, David Russell, Hilar...

Bought by WCQS, KUER, New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNO, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 30
Caption: Argentine mezzo Bernarda Fink
The tango may be Argentina's best-known musical export, but it's far from the only musical expression to be discovered. On this edition of The Span...

Bought by WCQS, WRTI, KMUN, KVNO, WRGY and more


  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 48
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the book "Songs of Earth," which is an updated version of song collector/folklori...

  • Added: May 13, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
Caption: Oudyano, Credit: Margie O'Loughlin
Who would have thought that an Arabic music based oud player and an American pianist schooled in jazz and roots traditions could interact musically...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2017
  • Length: 06:01
Caption: Host Martha Burk
On March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day. This year we honor two female members of the Resistance during World War II, who were imprisone...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:30