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Sharon Isbin performs music by LeFrak on new album 26:59

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Takacs Quartet and Marc-Andre Hamelin celebrate the ensemble's 50th anniversary 23:23

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Pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason shines in pianistic 'Fantasie' 25:37

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Jonathan Biss combines Beamish and Beethoven 28:17

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Violinist Lynda O'Connor celebrates Vivaldi with 'The Irish Four Seasons' 34:51

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Janoska Ensemble gives 'The Four Seasons' a makeover 24:16

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Pianist Alice Sara Ott honors Irish composer John Field 26:44

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Jess Gillam explores the saxophone's many sounds on 'Prism' 30:56

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Anne Akiko Meyer presents Michael Daugherty's 'Blue Electra' 35:04

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra presents Wynton Marsalis' 'Blues Symphony' 37:05

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Ashley Jackson explores love, freedom, hope and rebirth in 'Take Me to the Water' 22:09

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Khatia Buniatishvili pays homage to W.A. Mozart 24:22

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Joanne Polk returns to the exquisite music of Cécile Chaminade 32:52

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Phoenix Chorale and Christopher Gabbitas explore seasons and time through music 37:33

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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen goes where no countertenor has gone before 50:52

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Orion Weiss concludes his 'Arc' trilogy with music of joy, youth and rebirth 27:40

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John Mauceri highlights Erich Korngold's only symphony 30:36

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In part 3 Sophie talks to Sam about Prince's French influences, Anna Fantastic coming to stay and in the 1990s receiving a very special invite, to a very special day. 30:25

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María Dueñas explores caprices with a new, unique sound 27:01

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Simone Dinnerstein performs Ives through the lens of her father's art 42:25

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Desmond Earley brings James Joyce's poetry into the musical realm 37:57

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Anna Clyne and the Knights bring folk into classic on new album 38:36

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In part 2 Sophie Roux talks to Sam Bleazard about looking after Prince's Parisienne residence. For ten years at the height of his fame in the late 1980s, she explains what it felt like to have that unique ... 29:52

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Christian-Pierre La Marca highlights love through the Schumanns' music 42:54

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Sophie Roux was studying set and costume design in Nice, France, when Prince decided to film a major motion picture there. What happened next, changed her life. This is part 1 of her story... 28:43

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Denk, Bell and Isserlis join forces to record Mendelssohn's piano trios 19:01

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ARC Ensemble highlights the chamber works of Frederick Block 29:45

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Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra bring Bach to the coffeehouse 27:48

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Listen to New Classical Tracks' top episodes of 2024 26:28

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Judith Clurman and Essential Voices USA celebrate Hanukkah 24:38

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In part 2 of our interview with former Art Director Steve Parke, we discuss the first Paisley Park Celebration in 2000, magic moments and opportunities beyond his wildest dreams, but also a parting of ... 59:51

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Violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv uplifts Ukrainian music for the holiday season 25:57

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We talk to Steve Parke, who for 13 years was Prince's Art Director at Paisley Park. Fulfilling all of his boyhood dreams required tenacity, imagination and always thinking on his feet. 47:36

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Violinist Ray Chen blends the worlds of classical music and video games 24:17

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Jeremy Denk celebrates Charles Ives' 150th anniversary with new album 22:00

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In part 2 we talk to Omar about the ownership of his work and masters, his many creative outlets, the resurgence of vinyl, being a vessel for music, spirituality and carrying the torch for a new generation ... 32:41

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Lara Downes looks at America through the lens of a reimagined Gershwin 25:44

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Mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade brings gratitude to her final recording 56:05

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There's nothing like talking to Omar about Prince and his idol Stevie Wonder. In part 1 we discuss being hailed as a musical prodigy, influences, collaborators and the creative process. Not to be missed ... 29:40

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Pianist David Kaplan combines new American compositions with Schumann 29:39

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Violinist Augustin Hadelich and pianist Orion Weiss take an American road trip together 35:06

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Daphne Gerling and Tomoko Kashiwagi highlight brilliant 20th-century women 32:53

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Charles 'Chazz' Smith shares memories of High School years in Minneapolis, band battles, talent shows, parental advice and the influence of his cousin Prince growing up. 33:46

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Guitarist David Leisner returns to 19th-century guitar repertoire with 'Charms to Soothe' 31:51

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Violinist Joshua Bell brings forward the music of Thomas De Hartmann on new album 21:05

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Composer Tina Davidson embraces vulnerability on new recording 30:42

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Gao Hong and Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde improvise together on their new album 30:26

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Isata Kanneh-Mason explores the music of the Mendelssohn siblings 17:16

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JoAnn Falletta celebrates mentor and close friend Lukas Foss on new album 28:39

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Jan Vogler performs rare cello concerto on latest recording 37:41