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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
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No discussion of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema would be complete without talking about composer Silvestre Revueltas. We’ll hear selections from...

Bought by KMUN, KUCO, WRTI, New Hampshire Public Radio, KSJE and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 41
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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Get into the world groove with The Children’s Hour as we explore global music for kids. We hear some radio debuts of songs that teach, inspire, and...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Get into the world groove with The Children’s Hour as we explore global music for kids. We hear some radio debuts of songs that teach, inspire, and...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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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
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "Overtone Singing," a comprehensive tome that addresses the physics ...

  • Added: May 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
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There’s a sports metaphor I’ve heard used, in basketball mostly, when they say that a player is “in a zone.” Every shot seems to go in; whenever th...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:56
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A drama of a woman unjustly ostracized reveals deeper meanings, in a breakthrough work of Mexican cinema.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 02:26
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When we face mental health struggles, who will help us find our way out? In this episode honoring Mental Health Awareness month, the women at She...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Artemandoline Baroque Ensemble, Credit: Artemandoline Baroque Ensemble
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive features music by Weiss, Brescianello, Wolki, Bjorn Alterhaug, and an anonymous Italian Baroque compo...

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, WUOT 91.9 FM, KACU, WHQR and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 60
Caption: Davin-Levin Duo, Credit: Davin-Levin Duo
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive features music by Scarlatti, Bach, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ravel, and Ferdinand Valdambrini.

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, WHQR, KGHI, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 55
Caption: Avi Avital, Credit: Avi Avital
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive features music by Handel, David Bruce, Jorge Morel, Golfam Khayam, Andres Martin, Annette Kruisbrink.

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, WHQR, RadioFreePalmer, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 64
Caption: Kevin Loh, Credit: Kevin Loh
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive features music by Rodrigo, Beethoven, Guastavino, Maximo Diego Pujol, and Clarice Assad.

Bought by WBAA, KXIQ , WVIA, WHQR, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 59
Caption: Aniello Desiderio's Quartetto Furioso, Credit: Aniello Desiderio
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive features music by Alessandro Scarlatti, Bernard Joachim Hagen, Sor, Villa-Lobos, and Piazzolla.

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, WHQR, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 57
Caption: Hopkinson Smith, Credit: Hopkinson Smith
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive features music by Bach, Haydn, Giuliani, Claude Bolling, and Agustin Barrios Mangoré.

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, WHQR, KGHI, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 57
Caption: Jason Vieaux and Julien Labro, Credit: Jason Vieaux and Julien Labro
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive features music about Winter, and more, including works by Vivaldi, Piazzolla, and the young Polish gu...

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, WKMS, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 63