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Virtuoso Voices - Murray Perahia (Mozart by Consensus)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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If there were a "supporting musician" category in Mozart's Piano Concertos, it would probably be the wind section, especially the clarinets. When ...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :15
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Murray Perahia (Loves Practicing... Now)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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It's the bane of all musicians whether they play professionally or took lessons as a kid. Practicing, especially those endless and unrewarding sca...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :21
Virtuoso Voices - Julia Fischer (Art v Commerce)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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All performers face numerous pressures, from career choices to wardrobe selection. Young musicians and teenage actors are often pressed to grow up...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Julia Fischer (Seducer)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Violin Concerto by Aram Khachaturian was once very popular and championed by several violin super heroes of the past, including Jascha Heifetz....

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :20
Virtuoso Voices - Julia Fischer (Universal Soul Mate)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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While your spouse or significant other is likely to be your soul mate, you might also have a composer who fills the musical equivalent of a soul ma...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Julia Fischer (Quick Connection)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When you play before an audience, you're focused on reaching the people in the front row all the way to the person sitting in the last seat of the ...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :21
Virtuoso Voices - Julia Fischer (Never too Young)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Violinist Julia Fischer often finds that she has to defend her age and her generation. The up and coming 24* year old admits she bristles a bit wh...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :29
Compact Discoveries 133: More Melodious MacDowell
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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A second hour of beautiful music by this Romantic American composer.

Bought by KUCO, WQUB 90.3 FM, KENW, WCNH-LP, KAMU and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Remembering Jazz Sax Master Frank Morgan (27:14 / 7:20)
From: Paul Ingles
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The late jazz sax master Frank Morgan tells his remarkable story in material recorded in 2006.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 34:38
Gems of Bluegrass 804 - A Tribute to the Fiddle
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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program suggested for January 19 - 25, 2008

Bought by NPR Illinois, WAMU, and KZYX


  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 3
NPR's All Songs Considered: Listeners Pick the Best CDs of 2007
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
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All Songs Considered fans pick their top CDs of 2007.

Bought by KTRL, KISU, KTNA, WEPS, and WUKY


  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 5
Mostly Rock, 12/27
From: Matt Boland
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First In A Series

  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 33:40
Chris Calloway: A Jazz Life of Her Own (29:00 / 21:30 / 9:33 / 7:20)
From: Paul Ingles
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Jazz singer Chris Calloway, daughter to the legendary singer and band leader Cab Calloway, died August 7, 2008. Chris recalls her father's legacy ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KGLT, and WVRU


  • Added: Dec 23, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Gem of Bluegrass 803 - Progressive Acoustic Music
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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program suggested for January 12 - 18, 2008

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2007
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
Hoagy!
From: WFIU
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One-hour special exploring the life and music of legendary songwriter Hoagy Carmichael

Bought by KMUW and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 2
Old World Beat
From: With Good Reason
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The sounds and history of Klezmer music, once rooted in the Jewish religious tradition, now played on festival stages, nightclubs and concert halls...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 1
Jump for Joy - Duke Ellington's Celebratory Musical
From: WFIU
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Perfect for Black History Month (February), this one-hour special tells the story of Duke Ellington's musical "Jump for Joy"

Bought by WVIK, High Plains Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, KSUT, KCSM and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 37
Compact Discoveries 132: Melodious MacDowell
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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Beautiful music by a short-lived Romantic Era American composer.

Bought by WMNR, KUCO, WQUB 90.3 FM, KENW, WCNH-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 14
NPR's All Songs Considered: A Holiday Mix
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
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A holiday mix featuring The Knife, Magnetic Fields and more.

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KISU, KTRL, KTNA, WUKY and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2007
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 6
Max Roach--Drums Unlimited
From: Ben Shapiro
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Master drummer Max Roach recounts his own extraordinary journey, from the era of the Jim Crow south to the creation of modern jazz, from the civil ...

Bought by WFIU, High Plains Public Radio, WSLR, KCSM, KMUW and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 47
Gems of Bluegrass 802 - The Bluegrass - Jazz Connection
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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program suggested for Jan 5 - 11, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Dec 15, 2007
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 2
Ian's 78s
From: Bruce Wallace
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Baltimore record collector releases compliation of 78s from around the world

  • Added: Dec 13, 2007
  • Length: 14:06
Asian-American Special - Don Ho Tribute (58:59 or 59:59)
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Series: Asian-American Heritage Special
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Asian-American special features Don Ho in Hawaii in his last face-to-face Public Radio interview with singing, songs and music tunes from the beach...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:31
Blues File: Jimmy Blythe
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Jimmy Blythe "Messin' Around Blues"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 7
Best CDs of 2007 from Reviewers, Pt. 2
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
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Host Bob Boilen is joined by NPR reviewers Will Hermes, Meredith Ochs, Tom Moon and Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein to discuss 2007's most in...

Bought by KTRL, KSJD, and WUKY


  • Added: Dec 11, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3

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