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Chicago Symphony Breaks 20-Year Russian Silence

6:00AM
April
23, 2012

Who buys the most recordings?; The best-known violinist you may not know; Chicago Orchestra breaks 20-year silence in Russia

Measha Brueggergosman…a Year of Tragedy and Triumph

6:00AM
April
19, 2012

Measha Brueggergosman records eclectic new album; Young Musicians Program at UC Berkeley in turmoil; Philadelphia Orchestra bankruptcy…how much will it really cost?

Great Recordings of 2011…

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Record Matrix Room, Berliner Gramophone Company, Montreal, QC, 1910
6:00AM
December
27, 2011

Let us know what your favorite recordings were from 2011.

Eight Great Recordings of 2011

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Nothing keeps on giving like the gift of music.
10:30AM
December
22, 2011

Well, it seems another year has come and (almost) gone. Time to roll out the “Best Of” lists. So, with little fanfare and only a nod to nostalgia, here’s my list of eight great recordings of 2011. (All are perfect last-minute holiday gifts for the music lovers in your life .) Diva, Divo - Joyce DiDonato, [...]

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Releases New Recording

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ProMusica Onstage at the Southern Theatre
9:00AM
October
4, 2011

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra releases first of three recordings featuring world-premiere performances

Norwegian Trumpeter a YouTube Sensation

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Tine Thing Helseth
12:44PM
September
14, 2011

Norwegian Trumpeter a YouTube Sensation

San Francisco Symphony Still Edgy at 100

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San Francisco Symphony
11:30AM
September
7, 2011

The San Francisco Symphony’s Rise to Greatness

Glazunov and Bruckner Symphony Cycles Coming Soon

Russian composer Alexander Glazounov
Russian composer Alexander Glazounov
4:26PM
August 4, 2011

Two complete symphony cycles are coming to Symphony at 7. Russian composer Alexander Glazunov beginning August 10th and Austrian Late-Romantic composer Anton Bruckner in early September.

Watch: Dudley Moore As Benjamin Britten And Peter Pears

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Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.
1:27PM
July 27, 2011

Dudley Moore at the piano for his own take on Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, complete with a Britten like version of Little Miss Muffet.

Dvorak’s Great-Grandson, Josef Suk, Dies At 81

Josef Suk conducting the Suk Chamber Orchestra in a 2000 concert.
Josef Suk conducting the Suk Chamber Orchestra in a 2000 concert.
9:03AM
July
11, 2011

Josef Suk, know in many music circles as a stellar interpreter of his great-grandfather Antonin Dvorak’s Violin Concerto and chamber works has died after a lengthy illness.