Vladimir Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - The Private Collection On this episode, we visit with Horowitz expert and reissue producer Jon M. Samuels. Music featured on this episode: Vladimir Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - The Private Collection Schumann, Balakirev, Chopin & Liszt [ click here for more information ]

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Vladimir Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - The Private Collection On this episode, we visit with Grammy-award winning music producer Steve Epstein. Music featured on this episode: Vladimir Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - The Private Collection Schumann, Balakirev, Chopin & Liszt [ click here for more information ]

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Vladimir Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - The Private Collection On this episode, we visit with author and professor of piano performance at Julliard, David Dubal who comments on Horowitz’s performances of Mussorgsky & Liszt . Music featured on this episode: Vladimir Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - The Private Collection Mussorgsky & Liszt [ click here for more information ]

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On Part 2, Joshua talks about some of the highlights on his album “At Home with Friends.” For more information on Joshua and “At Home with Friends” visit: JoshuaBell.com

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On Part 1, Joshua talks about the inspiration behind his album “At Home with Friends.” For more information on Joshua and “At Home with Friends” visit: JoshuaBell.com

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Vladimir Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - The Private Collection On this episode, we visit with Carnegie Hall archivist Gino Francesconi. Music featured on this episode: Vladimir Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - The Private Collection Mussorgsky & Liszt [ click here for more information ]

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Celebrating Terry Riley’s remastered 1968 recording In C. On this episode, we feature music journalist and radio producer Jackson Braider. For more information on the remastered recording of Terry Riley’s In C click here.

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Celebrating Terry Riley’s remastered 1968 recording In C. On this episode, we feature composer and saxophonist Lenny Pickett. For more information on the remastered recording of Terry Riley’s In C click here.

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Masterworks Broadway celebrates the 2009 Cast Recording and Broadway production of West Side Story. On this episode we talk to Frank Rich Josefina Scaglione, Matt Cavenaugh, Tony-Award Winner Karen Olivo and Stephen Sondheim. To purchase this recording: Amazon | iTunes For more information visit: MasterworksBroadway.com

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Celebrating Terry Riley’s remastered 1968 recording In C. On this episode, we feature emerging composer Nico Muhly. For more information on the remastered recording of Terry Riley’s In C click here.

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Masterworks Broadway celebrates the 2009 Cast Recording and Broadway production of West Side Story. On this episode we talk to Frank Rich, Matt Cavenaugh, Tony-Award Winner Karen Olivo, George Akram and Tony-Award Winner Lin-Manual Miranda. To purchase this recording: Amazon | iTunes For more information visit: MasterworksBroadway.com

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Masterworks Broadway celebrates the 2009 Cast Recording and Broadway production of West Side Story. On this episode we talk to Frank Rich, Matt Cavenaugh, Tony-Award Winner Karen Olivo and Stephen Sondheim. To purchase this recording: Amazon | iTunes For more information visit: MasterworksBroadway.com

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Celebrating Terry Riley’s remastered 1968 recording In C. On this episode, we feature musician/composer Jon Hassell who worked with Terry and played on the 1968 Masterworks recording of In C. For more information on the remastered recording of Terry Riley’s In C click here.

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Celebrating Terry Riley’s remastered 1968 recording In C. On this episode, album producer of the 1968 recording of In C, David Behrman, is our featured guest. For more information on the remastered recording of Terry Riley’s In C click here.

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Celebrating Terry Riley’s remastered 1968 recording In C. On this episode, Robert Carl, Professor of Composition at the Hartt School, University of Hartford and author of the book Terry Riley’s In C is our featured guest. For more information on the remastered recording of Terry Riley’s In C click here.

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The Music of Masterworks presents Joshua Bell Vivaldi-The Four Seasons. Join Joshua as he talks about his take on recording The Four Seasons and much more.

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Betty Buckley & Kenny Werner talk about their process in creating the album Quintessence (Part 3 of 3).

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The Browns discuss their third recording “Browns In Blue.” RECOMMENDED: “BROWNS IN BLUE” available @ Amazon and iTunes. FOR MORE INFORMATION: The5Browns.com

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The Browns discuss their second album “No Boundaries.” RECOMMENDED: NO BOUNDARIES” available @ Amazon and iTunes. FOR MORE INFORMATION: The5Browns.com

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The Browns discuss their first album “The 5 Browns.” RECOMMENDED: THE 5 BROWNS” available @ Amazon and iTunes. FOR MORE INFORMATION: The5Browns.com

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Betty Buckley talks about the tracks and recording of her new album Quintessence (Part 2 of 3 Episodes).

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On a very special podcast episode, Leon Fleisher comments on several of his classic tracks taken from “The Essential Leon Fleisher” collection. RECOMMENDED: “The Essential Leon Fleisher” Amazon.com | iTunes ADDITION INFORMATION: SONY BMG Masterworks

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Betty Buckley talks abut her new album Quintessence (Part 1 of 3 Episodes).

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Masterworks sits down with the great Leon Fleisher to discuss focal dystonia and playing with his left hand. RECOMMENDED: “The Essential Leon Fleisher” Amazon.com | iTunes ADDITION INFORMATION: SONY BMG Masterworks

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The Browns discuss how they music to record. RECOMMENDED: “BROWNS IN BLUE” available @ Amazon and iTunes. FOR MORE INFORMATION: The5Browns.com

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In this installment, we highlight Betty Buckley’s latest album Quintessence, celebrate Leon Fleisher, discuss Stephen Sondheim and pay tribute to Julian Bream. David Foil hosts.

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The Browns discuss the true power of music. RECOMMENDED: “BROWNS IN BLUE” available @ Amazon and iTunes. FOR MORE INFORMATION: The5Browns.com

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Masterworks sits down with the great Leon Fleisher to discuss the Brahms D Minor Concerto, Schabel, Szell, Bernstein and recording for Epic Records. RECOMMENDED: “The Essential Leon Fleisher” Amazon.com | iTunes ADDITION INFORMATION: SONY BMG Masterworks

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Masterworks sits down with the great Leon Fleisher to discuss his early influences, teachers, recording career and focal dystonia. RECOMMENDED: “The Essential Leon Fleisher” Amazon.com | iTunes ADDITION INFORMATION: SONY BMG Masterworks

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In this installment, we feature two holiday gems, a superb Beethoven SACD from Paavo Järvi and the Broadway cast recording of Hairspray. David Foil hosts.

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In this installment, we talk with Betty Buckley about her newly released debut recording 1967, our Artist Spotlight is Wynton Marsalis, Richard Jay-Alexander puts on his love beads and talks about the historical musical and the deluxe collector’s edition recording of “Hair.” Plus, we focus on the brilliant Living Stereo series. David Foil [...]

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Betty talks about her first recording, 1967.

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Betty talks about her musical upbringing and singing.

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Producer Richard Jay-Alexander talks about convincing Betty Buckley to release her very first recording from 1967.

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Deondra, Melody and Ryan talk about helping each other out. RECOMMENDED: “BROWNS IN BLUE” available @ Amazon and iTunes. FOR MORE INFORMATION: The5Browns.com

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Gregory, Melody and Desirae talk of their early introduction to classical music. RECOMMENDED: “BROWNS IN BLUE” available @ Amazon and iTunes. FOR MORE INFORMATION: The5Browns.com

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Deondra, Gregory, Melody, Desirae and Ryan talk about how they found the piano, how they developed their musical impressions, their albums, music and more. RECOMMENDED: “BROWNS IN BLUE” available @ Amazon and iTunes. FOR MORE INFORMATION: The5Browns.com

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In this installment, we talk with the 5 Browns, our Artist Spotlight is Kristin Chenoweth, Masterworks Broadway celebrates the 2007 production of Grease and we dig into a dynamic work from Danny Elfman. David Foil hosts.

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On his final podcast installment, Nathan talks about the songs “Jam Tart” and “This Heart That Flutters.” RECOMMENDED: “JUST BEFORE SUNRISE” available @ Amazon and iTunes. FOR MORE INFORMATION: NathanGunn.com

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On the fourth installment, Nathan talks about the title track “Time,” “The Secret Marriage” (featuring Eldar) and “When You Are Old and Grey.” RECOMMENDED: “JUST BEFORE SUNRISE” available @ Amazon and iTunes. FOR MORE INFORMATION: NathanGunn.com

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On this special artist focus podcast, The Music of Masterworks features Academy-award winning composer John Corigliano as he discusses the new work “The Red Violin Concerto” and the superb violinist Joshua Bell. ***** iTunes customer review … “Corigliano’s new Red Violin Concerto is destined to become one of the great concertos of our time…there is something [...]

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On the third installment, Nathan talks about the title track “Just Before Sunrise,” the wonderful duet “Feels Like Home ” (featuring Kristin Chenoweth) and the deeply profound Gene Scheer composition “Say Anything.” RECOMMENDED: “JUST BEFORE SUNRISE” available @ Amazon and iTunes. FOR MORE INFORMATION: NathanGunn.com

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On this special artist focus podcast, The Music of Masterworks features violinist Joshua Bell breaking down his work on the Academy-award winning film “The Red Violin” and the new John Corigliano album and composition “The Red Violin Concerto.” A recent amazon.com customer review … Five SPECTACULAR Stars!! A marvelous, dramatic live premier performance by the violinist [...]

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On the second installment, Nathan talks about creating an album of songs that soothe your soul and offer a little peace to your hectic day. He also shares how he went about selecting the vast collection of compositions featured on the album, JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. RECOMMENDED: “JUST BEFORE SUNRISE” available @ Amazon [...]

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What are the most profound moments in life? The quiet ones, believes Nathan Gunn, one of today’s most acclaimed baritones. Now, Gunn has made that philosophy the inspiration for his solo CD, Just Before Sunrise. Mr. Gunn has appeared in internationally renowned opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, [...]

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In this installment, supreme violinist Joshua Bell talks about the Red Violin Concerto recording, pianist Glenn Gould is highlighted, The Collections offers up the “best of the best” from the classics and West Side Story turns 50!. All of this, and more, is hosted by our very own David Foil.

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In this episode, David Foil brings us music from Eldar, John Williams & John Etheridge, and Yo-Yo Ma. We welcome feedback on our new format!

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IGOR STRAVINSKY AND THE ART OF THE MINIATURE (16?15): throughout his long career, Stravinsky wrote a surprising number of orchestral works that are typically impractical for “normal” concert programs. In this episode of Stravinsky at 1-2-5, independent producer Jackson Braider explores these overlooked gems from the composer’s catalog. John McClure discusses the problem of scheduling [...]

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2. THE RITE OF SPRING OR WHEN LENNY MET IGOR (13?20) The story of Igor Stravinsky?s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), and Stravinsky legendary introduction to Leonard Bernstein. If ever anything deserved to be called a bolt from the blue, then surely it’s The Rite of Spring. At its premiere in Paris in 1913, [...]

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Listen to the fascinating story of how the first complete version of Stravinsky conducting Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale came to be. Features interviews with Stravinsky’s producer John McClure, reissue Executive Producer Warren Wernick, 1961 session musicians and more. Hosted and produced by Jackson Braider. Igor Stravinsky, Jeremy Irons, Columbia Chamber Ensemble, Robert Craft Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale (Histoire du [...]

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Eldar discussed broadening the description of what makes a piano trio.

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In this episode of the Masterworks Podcast, jazz phenom Eldar talks about creating the sound for “re-imagination,” which is in stores today. More information about Eldar can be found on http://www.eldarjazz.com/ Music featured in this episode includes selections from: Eldar RE-IMAGINATION (CD) Only $13.98 (26% off) BUY NOW MORE INFO >

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In this episode of the Masterworks Podcast, jazz phenom Eldar explores his new release “re-imagination” which is in stores on June 5th. More information about Eldar can be found on http://www.eldarjazz.com/ Music featured in this episode includes selections from: Eldar RE-IMAGINATION (CD) Only $13.98 (26% off) BUY NOW MORE INFO >

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We know it’s been awhile, but we’ve returned with a preview of what’s to come from the Masterworks Label podcast. You can find out about all of our podcast series by clicking over to our official website. Music featured in this episode available on: Yo-Yo Ma Bach: The Cello Suites (CD) Only $25.98 (19% off) BUY NOW MORE INFO >> Ennio Morricone We [...]

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Episode 1: David Foil and Warren Wernick discuss the newly released Classic Library titles. Download the podcast. Titles featured in this episode include: Eugene Ormandy Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Sonata for Two Piano and Percussion; Improvisations, Op. 20 [Classic Library] [CD] Only $8.79 (20% off) BUY NOW More information >> Leonard Bernstein Ives: Symphony No. 2; The Unanswered Question; Central Park in the [...]

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