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Podcast title	New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher
Website URL	http://minnesota.publicradio.o...
Description	MPR's Julie Amacher reviews new classical music CDs.
Updated	Fri, 18 May 2012 15:39:35 CDT
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1. New Classical Tracks - Michala Petri http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.56Mb) Description: Numerous composers have been inspired to write works specifically for Michala Petri and her very simple instrument, creating a wonderful legacy for the recorder.
2. New Classical Tracks - The Jazzy, Challenging, Elegant Gershwin http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.56Mb) Description: JoAnn Falletta focuses on George Gershwin in her latest disc. She talks about the myriad qualities she finds in his music.
3. New Classical Tracks - Music of the Spheres http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.56Mb) Description: Baroque meets multimedia in "The Galileo Project," from Tafelmusik.
4. New Classical Tracks - Unchartered Waters http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: This new recording titled, "Unchartered Waters," features music that crosses boundaries, both musically, and demographically. In fact Alison Melville says she was tickled when a friend wanted to purchase an additional copy recently after loaning her copy to her son, "I loaned it to my son who is 14," she told Melville, "and he really liked it. And then he loaned it to a friend of his and I have never seen it since."
5. New Classical Tracks - Fantasia http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.56Mb) Description: Yuja Wang has just made her fourth solo recording, "Fantasia," and you could say that night life is actually one of the themes of the album.
6. New Classical Tracks - Water Night http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.57Mb) Description: Eric Whitacre is a choir geek and he's so proud of it he's created tee shirts that you can purchase on his web site that read "Choir geeks of the world unite!"
7. Dreaming of Trumpet http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: From an early age, Alison Balsom has been captivated by the trumpet: its look, its sound, its master performers, and its many-sided personality. Her new disc, which celebrates the modern trumpet, includes a new concerto written for her.
8. Harp, Not Harpsichord, in Bach's Sonatas http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: A new Bach disc combines violin with an instrument that Bach himself rarely used -- the harp. Its gradations of loud and soft add a new dimension to the performance of these pieces.
9. New Classical Tracks - An Influential Young Pianist http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.56Mb) Description: Benjamin Grosvenor is making a big splash nowadays, in his native England and internationally. He's just 19, but a lot of mature thought has gone into his new disc of virtuoso piano music.
10. New Classical Tracks - Brass Attack http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.56Mb) Description: The Canadian Brass has been generating buzz about the brass quintet for more than 40 years. In concert, they're known for their outstanding musicianship and their wacky theatrics. On their new CD, "Takes Flight," you'll get a taste of those unique stage antics, and a full sense of what they've accomplished so far, as well as what's in store as they launch into their next era, with new faces and, as always, fresh repertoire.
11. New Classical Tracks - Making the Case for Montsalvatge http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: The name of composer Xavier Montsalvatge is unfamiliar to many, thanks in part to political isolation, but a new centennial CD may change that.
12. New Classical Tracks - Triple doubles http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.56Mb) Description: Double your pleasure with a new release from the Sarah Hicks and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.
13. New Classical Tracks - A Scottish Take on the Italian Baroque http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.57Mb) Description: You might be wondering why Nicola Benedetti has a Scottish accent if her parents were both born in Italy. They moved to Scotland when Nicola was just a child, so she grew up with one foot in both cultures. Her latest recording, titled "Italia," allows her to celebrate both aspects of her heritage, by playing Italian music with a Scottish orchestra.
14. New Classical Tracks - Stories Told on Trumpet http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: Once upon a time, in Norway, there was a little girl with a trumpet. Today, in her early twenties, she's traveling the world as a leading performer.
15. New Classical Tracks - Musical Speech: The Poetry of Bach and Schubert http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: Pianist Simone Dinnerstein's love of Bach is a constant. And on her latest recording, she once again returns to Bach's musical world. But this time, she also chose to include music by another of her favorite composers: Franz Schubert. The music she chose to record has a beautiful and very communicative quality, and she wanted those qualities to represented by the title of the new release: Something Almost Being Said.
16. New Classical Tracks - Air, The Bach Album http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: On Anne Akiko Meyers' latest release, titled, "Air, A Bach Album," which celebrates the music of Bach, she experimented with a technique familiar to the world of popular music.
17. New Classical Tracks - An Evening at Versailles http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.56Mb) Description: The group Trio Settecento has a new disc, exploring the French Baroque - Rameau, Couperin, and their contemporaries. The group's founder, violinist Rachel Barton Pine, relishes the intimacy and expressiveness of this music.
18. New Classical Tracks - Sibelius from Minnesota http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: Conductor Osmo Vanska has begun recording the Sibelius symphonies with the Minnesota Orchestra. Though he's been intensely involved with the composer's music for years, he finds it as compelling as ever.
19. New Classical Tracks - Tchaikovsky, Played with Commitment http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.56Mb) Description: In which violinist James Ehnes talks about Tchaikovsky, working with a celebrated pianist-conductor, nerdiness, and "Magnum P. I."
20. Why Is Ravel's Violin Sonata like a Croissandwich? http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: On a new disc, Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk share their insights into French music for violin and piano, from the days of Impressionism, to the Jazz Age.
21. New Classical Tracks - Spanish Masters, in the Past and Present http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.53Mb) Description: The Spanish composers Falla, Granados and Albeniz were also performers who made recordings in the era of cylinders and 78s. Thanks to new technology, we can now hear them perform in modern sound, alongside musicians of our day.
22. New Classical Tracks - "Must-Have" Discs of 2011 http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: Julie Amacher and Valerie Kahler look back at the best new releases from 2011.
23. New Classical Tracks - Colors of Christmas http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.56Mb) Description: John Rutter: his name is synonymous with Christmas. Every year, his recordings appear on the radio and choirs around the world sing his arrangements and original carols.
24. New Classical Tracks - A Fiddler's Christmas http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.57Mb) Description: Fiddler Mark O'Connor is a musician and a composer who has been stretching the boundaries of music for years. And with this new recording, he does it yet again: traditional holiday favorites re-worked in his signature Americana style.
25. New Classical Tracks - Grand Piano Christmas http://minnesota.publicradio.o... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: Why should choirs have all the fun? Jeffrey Biegel's new disc celebrates Christmas at the piano. He serves up a bit of everything—carols, classical repertoire, and some arrangements that combine the two.