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Hans Rott Symphony get fresh interpretation
This isn't the first time Rott's symphony has been recorded -- but it's one of the best.
Host profile: Matt Fritts
Matt Fritts works to advance wellness. At UVA, he works in Employee Well-Being. As a volunteer announcer at WTJU, he wants to share how music can relax the body, expand the mind, and uplift the soul. Read more about Matt, host of WTJU's Piano Forte.
Mariani Klavierquartett excels with Emilie Mayer works
If you enjoy the chamber music of Brahms and Schumann, get this release. Mayer brings something fresh and new to the table. Something that's been missing for about 150 years.
Classical Interviews – Adolphus Hailstork
Christmas in Leipzig traces tradition of excellence
Peter Groner directs the assembled forces in loving performances of these works. The choruses, echoing through the sanctuary have a grandiose warmth to them.
Host profile: Tim Snider
Tim Snider lives and breaths opera. In addition to hosting Sunday Opera Matinee for more than two decades, he lectures on opera at the Paramount Theater and teaches courses on opera for OLLI, UVA's Lifelong Learning Institute. Read more about Tim.
Host profile: Michael Latsko
“If you could interview anyone on air, dead or alive, who would it be? Johann Sebastian Bach — he composed the best music for the instrument.”
Read more about Michael Latsko, who features the best in recorded music for pipe organ and choirs on WTJU’s King of Instruments.
#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalTimeMachine (early LPs) Week 4
Julia Kociuban energizes Tansman and Bacewicz concertos
Julia Kociuban delivers spectacular performances of two 20th Century piano concertos.
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