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In questo episodio, Edo discute il principale problema di internet: il porno. Analizza la proposta di legge IODA negli Stati Uniti, che mira a ridefinire l'oscenità e a rimuovere gli standard comunitari dalla sua definizione. Viene anche affrontata la questione della verifica dell'età per l'accesso ai contenuti pornografici online, su cui PornHub è molto critica, e le implicazioni per la privacy. Infine, Edo conclude con riflessioni sulla necessità di investire nella cultura e nell'educazione piuttosto che limitare l'accesso ai contenuti.00:00 Il Problema Principale di Internet00:57 La Proposta di Legge IODA03:41 La Battaglia Contro la Pornografia Online06:45 Una battaglia per il libero accesso ai contenuti online11:44 Guadagnino e Builder.ai

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The IODA project, based at Georgia Tech, provides crucial insights into global internet activity, helping to understand major internet disruptions from events like power outages and government shutdowns. Amanda Meng and Zach Bischof discuss how IODA started, its mission, and the mechanisms they use to monitor internet activity at scale. They also discuss their roles in the project, which offers a publicly accessible dashboard for real-time internet connectivity data at ioda.live.

El Palamós International Optimist Trophy es la regata de barco monotipo más grande del mundo en aguas abiertas, 550 barcos y este año con récord de países, 31. Hablamos de este fenómeno con la vicepresidenta de la IODA, la asociación internacional de la clase Optimist, Carmen Casco, y con Joaquín Valero, presidente de AECIO, la asociación española de la clase Optimist. SÍGUENOS Web: http://tripulante18.com​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SolerAlberti https://twitter.com/18Tripulante Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/jaume.soler/?hl=es Facebook: https://bit.ly/3eB3dDP

El #219 Tripulante18 Podcast lo titulamos ‘Sin clubs no hay deporte' ni deportistas. La situación de provisionalidad y en algunos casos, como son los de playa, de amenaza de desaparición. Nos lo contará Josep Maria Isern, presidente de la Federació Catalana de Vela, que ha hecho un manifiesto junto a otras federaciones en apoyo a los deportes de mar y los clubes. Y nos pasaremos por el Palamós Optimist Trophy en el que han participado 550 barcos de 31 países y hablaremos con la vicepresidenta de la IODA, Carmen Casco y el presidente de AECIO Joaquín Valero. Dirige y presenta Jaume Soler Albertí. SÍGUENOS Web: http://tripulante18.com​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SolerAlberti https://twitter.com/18Tripulante Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/jaume.soler/?hl=es Facebook: https://bit.ly/3eB3dDP

Benvenuti ai 4 Vangeli-letture in 1 anno 5 gg a settimanaOggi: Battesimo di Gesu' e genealogia21 Un giorno, dopo che tutte le persone erano state battezzate, anche Gesù si fece battezzare. Dopo il battesimo, mentre era in preghiera, i cieli si aprirono, 22 e lo Spirito Santo sotto forma di colomba si fermò su di lui. Una voce dal cielo disse: «Tu sei il mio amatissimo Figlio, in te mi sono compiaciuto.»23 Gesù aveva circa trentʼanni, quando cominciò il suo pubblico ministero. Era conosciuto come figlio di Giuseppe. Il padre di Giuseppe era Eli, 24 il padre di Eli era Matthat, il padre di Matthat era Levi, il padre di Levi era Melchi, il padre di Melchi era Iannai, il padre di Iannai era Giuseppe, 25 il padre di Giuseppe era Mattatia, il padre di Mattatia era Amos, il padre di Amos era Naum, il padre di Naum era Esli, il padre di Esli era Naggai, 26 il padre di Naggai era Maat, il padre di Maat era Mattatia, il padre di Mattatia era Semein, il padre di Semein era Iosech, il padre di Iosech era Ioda, 27 il padre di Ioda era Ioanan, il padre di Ioanan era Rhesa, il padre di Rhesa era Zorobabele, il padre di Zorobabele era Salatiel, il padre di Salatiel era Neri, 28 il padre di Neri era Melchi, il padre di Melchi era Addi, il padre di Addi era Cosam, il padre di Cosam era Elmadam, il padre di Elmadam era Er, 29 il padre di Er era Giosuè, il padre di Giosuè era Eliezer, il padre di Eliezer era Iorim, il padre di Iorim era Mattat, il padre di Mattat era Levi, 30 il padre di Levi era Simeone, il padre di Simeone era Giuda, il padre di Giuda era Giuseppe, il padre di Giuseppe era Ionam, il padre di Ionam era Eliacim, 31 il padre di Eliacim era Melea, il padre di Melea era Menna, il padre di Menna era Mattatha, il padre di Matthata era Nathan, il padre di Nathan era Davide, 32 il padre di Davide era Iesse, il padre di Iesse era Iobed, il padre di Iobed era Boaz, il padre di Boaz era Sala, il padre di Sala era Naàsson, 33 il padre di Naàsson era Aminadab, il padre di Aminadab era Admin, il padre di Admin era Arni, il padre di Arni era Esrom, il padre di Esrom era Fares, il padre di Fares era Giuda, 34 il padre di Giuda era Giacobbe, il padre di Giacobbe era Isacco, il padre di Isacco era Abramo, il padre di Abramo era Tare, il padre di Tare era Nacor, 35 il padre di Nacor era Seruk, il padre di Seruk era Ragau, il padre di Ragau era Falek, il padre di Falek era Eber, il padre di Eber era Sala, 36 il padre di Sala era Cainam, il padre di Cainam era Arfàcsad, il padre di Arfàcsad era Sem, il padre di Sem era Noè, il padre di Noè era Lamech, 37 il padre di Lamech era Matusalemme, il padre di Matusalemme era Enoch, il padre di Enoch era Iaret, il padre di Iaret era Malleèl, il padre di Malleèl era Cainam, 38 il padre di Cainam era Enos, il padre di Enos era Set, il padre di Set era Adamo, il Padre di Adamo era Dio.Support the Show.Support the Show.

We speak with Dr Marí Thiart who is an orthopaedic surgeon in Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa. She is also the president of the International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance. In this episode we discuss the set up of South African paediatric orthopaedic services, trauma, infection and training. 01:08: Set-up of Paeds Ortho Services in South Africa 04:40: Set-up of South African Trauma Services 06:30: Blunt vs Penetrating Trauma 10:50: Common Trauma in Cape Town and Top Tips 16:00: How to manage gunshot injuries in children 18:15: Musculoskeletal Infection in Children including acute haematogenous osteomyelitis (PhD subject of Dr Thiart) 21:50: Offending organisms 23:40: Surgical management of osteomyelitis is rare right? - "100% of kids need surgery" 28:00: Critical bone defects in infection 33:00: Quick Fire Round - High yield orthopaedic topics for the FRCS / Postgraduate exams 43:40: IODA and how to get involved

Benvenuti ai 4 Vangeli-letture in 1 anno 5 gg a settimanaOggi: Battesimo di Gesu' e genealogia21 Un giorno, dopo che tutte le persone erano state battezzate, anche Gesù si fece battezzare. Dopo il battesimo, mentre era in preghiera, i cieli si aprirono, 22 e lo Spirito Santo sotto forma di colomba si fermò su di lui. Una voce dal cielo disse: «Tu sei il mio amatissimo Figlio, in te mi sono compiaciuto.»23 Gesù aveva circa trentʼanni, quando cominciò il suo pubblico ministero. Era conosciuto come figlio di Giuseppe. Il padre di Giuseppe era Eli, 24 il padre di Eli era Matthat, il padre di Matthat era Levi, il padre di Levi era Melchi, il padre di Melchi era Iannai, il padre di Iannai era Giuseppe, 25 il padre di Giuseppe era Mattatia, il padre di Mattatia era Amos, il padre di Amos era Naum, il padre di Naum era Esli, il padre di Esli era Naggai, 26 il padre di Naggai era Maat, il padre di Maat era Mattatia, il padre di Mattatia era Semein, il padre di Semein era Iosech, il padre di Iosech era Ioda, 27 il padre di Ioda era Ioanan, il padre di Ioanan era Rhesa, il padre di Rhesa era Zorobabele, il padre di Zorobabele era Salatiel, il padre di Salatiel era Neri, 28 il padre di Neri era Melchi, il padre di Melchi era Addi, il padre di Addi era Cosam, il padre di Cosam era Elmadam, il padre di Elmadam era Er, 29 il padre di Er era Giosuè, il padre di Giosuè era Eliezer, il padre di Eliezer era Iorim, il padre di Iorim era Mattat, il padre di Mattat era Levi, 30 il padre di Levi era Simeone, il padre di Simeone era Giuda, il padre di Giuda era Giuseppe, il padre di Giuseppe era Ionam, il padre di Ionam era Eliacim, 31 il padre di Eliacim era Melea, il padre di Melea era Menna, il padre di Menna era Mattatha, il padre di Matthata era Nathan, il padre di Nathan era Davide, 32 il padre di Davide era Iesse, il padre di Iesse era Iobed, il padre di Iobed era Boaz, il padre di Boaz era Sala, il padre di Sala era Naàsson, 33 il padre di Naàsson era Aminadab, il padre di Aminadab era Admin, il padre di Admin era Arni, il padre di Arni era Esrom, il padre di Esrom era Fares, il padre di Fares era Giuda, 34 il padre di Giuda era Giacobbe, il padre di Giacobbe era Isacco, il padre di Isacco era Abramo, il padre di Abramo era Tare, il padre di Tare era Nacor, 35 il padre di Nacor era Seruk, il padre di Seruk era Ragau, il padre di Ragau era Falek, il padre di Falek era Eber, il padre di Eber era Sala, 36 il padre di Sala era Cainam, il padre di Cainam era Arfàcsad, il padre di Arfàcsad era Sem, il padre di Sem era Noè, il padre di Noè era Lamech, 37 il padre di Lamech era Matusalemme, il padre di Matusalemme era Enoch, il padre di Enoch era Iaret, il padre di Iaret era Malleèl, il padre di Malleèl era Cainam, 38 il padre di Cainam era Enos, il padre di Enos era Set, il padre di Set era Adamo, il Padre di Adamo era Dio.Support the show

No matter where you are in your career, you'll benefit from listening to 3Q. 3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more. About Nick: Nick Gordon is a senior music executive, brand strategist and public speaker with over 20 years of diverse experience working at the intersection of media distribution, retail, and social commerce, developing influential B2B and consumer brands and leading multimillion dollar, global companies through rapid growth and radical change. As an innovation-focused operating executive, Nick has served in executive roles at Symphonic, The Orchard, and Caroline Distribution and has guided his firms through challenging marketplaces by using advanced technology, optimally targeted brand strategy, and engaging user experiences to create inventive and scalable approaches to connecting rights holders with customers. Currently, Nick is Chief Partnership Officer of music distributor and label services company Symphonic Distribution. Prior to Symphonic, Nick was Vice President, Client Services at The Orchard, a $2billion market leader in the music distribution industry. He joined the company in the early stages of a critical turnaround as its 28th employee. Over his 8-year tenure, he served on the executive management team that grew the firm from $5 million in revenue to an acquisition by Sony. Nick served as general manager of multiple business units and served as a key operator during the acquisitions of TVT Records, IRIS Distribution, and their sector-defining, $65 million merger with IODA and Sony Music, which created the single largest music distributor in history. He also guided record label clients through seismic marketplace changes and helmed the build and launch of The Orchard Workstation, a first-of-its-kind digital asset distribution platform now ubiquitous in the music and film world. Earlier in his career, Nick spent five years as Distributed Labels Manager at EMI-owned Caroline Distribution (now Virgin), working with labels including Astralwerks, Blue Note, Warp, Def Jux, Arts & Crafts, Stones Throw and Ultra. He was also the founder of early direct-to-fan commerce engine Artist Workshop, ultimately sold

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My guest this episode is Peter Kalmar, Founding and Managing Partner of Flow International, and former President of IODA, the International OD Association.  Peter shares his story of his consulting firm, and how it evolved from the work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who wrote the book, Finding Flow.  Peter describes how his consulting firm uses the concept of Flow in developing leaders and in guiding organizational change, particularly around culture change.  We discuss the role of balance between challenges and skills to create optimum conditions for achieving flow.  

Les céréales de demain, ça pousse, ça pousse ! Le poireaux s'invite au festin Bien Boire en Beaujolais, la vinasse c'est terminé ! Elles s'appellent fonio, freekhee, kacha et depuis quelques années, elles investissent les champs de la planète. Autant de céréales faciles de culture, qui en plus d'être bonnes, se révèlent être de formidables alliées pour des terres souvent trop arides ou peu riches en nutriment. Ces céréales sont-elles appelées à devenir les grains de demain ? Et quels usages en cuisine, réponse avec Carlo De Pascale. Fier et valeureux, le poireau is back ! Un légume de saison dont les usages se résument souvent à des cuissons à l'eau ou peu valorisantes... Mais sachez-le, le gaillard peut envoyer du lourd, de la douceur et autant de textures qui vous feront revoir votre jugement sur cet imposant végétal ! En condiment, grillé, à toutes les sauces, de la tête à la queue tout se mange, démonstration avec nos deux chefs du jours : Le premier jouant sa partition dans le cœur du Grand-Hornu, sublime combo entre la gourmandise et les expos : Rizom c'est la table du moment. Le végétal y est roi, son valet : le chef Olivier De Vriendt. A ses côtés, un as de la cuisine maraîchère. Le chef nous mettant KO en deux temps, trois coups de flamme : César Hoed chef de Ioda. Enfin en préambule à la sortie du Beaujolais Nouveau, prévue dans deux semaines (le 3ème jeudi du mois de novembre), intéressons-nous à son berceau. Une région qui a fait table rase du passé avec des vins, on s'en souvient, souvent peu engageants, vite embouteillés, sans réelle intention de faire du bon ! En 2022, la région revendique désormais des flacons au caractère bien trempé, élaborés de plus par une nouvelle génération de vignerons libérés du joug d'ancienne pratiques et soucieux de les réancrer au terroir ! Découverte avec Fabrizio Bucella. Food-team du samedi : Sophie Moens/Carlo De Pascale/Fabrizio Bucella/Olivier De Vriendt/César Hoed Axel Antoine à la réalisation Stéphane Delhougne à la production Alexandra Vassen à la programmation musicale

The importance of partnerships: How to model change challenging the status quo: from pipeline programs to cultural differences to selection of leaders. 

Laiquende, Ioda, and Feltian face the consequences of their actions in the tavern while Prime and Quant learn more about their future while studying the past.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=24277538)

The Embers plan their escape from the camp of the Ashen Circle, but will Ioda decide it would be easier to make it out alone???Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=24277538)

The Crypto and Blockchain Talk EPISODE 7: COINS, TOKENS AND GETTING TO KNOW THEM, part 2 NEO, STELLAR, MONERO, IOS, DASH, IODA, NEM NEO [NEO] NEO is a blockchain platform and cryptocurrency which enables the development of digital assets and smart contracts. The project was founded by Da Hongfei in 2014 in China....

The Crypto and Blockchain Talk EPISODE 7: COINS, TOKENS AND GETTING TO KNOW THEM, part 2 NEO, STELLAR, MONERO, IOS, DASH, IODA, NEM   NEO [NEO] NEO is a blockchain platform and cryptocurrency which enables the development of digital assets and smart contracts. The project was founded by Da Hongfei in 2014 in China. The project was initially under the name of AntShares, but later it was renamed to NEO.  Interesting facts: NEO is often called “Chinese Ethereum”; NEO is partnered with a company called OnChain which has extensive experience in integrating blockchain to businesses; While Ethereum only supports their own programming language – Solidity; NEO supports most of the common programming languages around, like C, C++, C#, JavaScript, Java and Python; NEO is essentially developing their platform to be quantum computer proof; The fact that China acts quite independently from the West shows that Chinese companies like Alibaba, WeChat and NEO can become hugely successful even if there are already more successful and established counterparts from the West; NEO is currently not a distributed blockchain, which means that, while it is decentralized, it is only operated on a few nodes, which are all controlled by NEO itself. But during 2018 they have promised to start distributing the network; The cost of launching a smart contract on NEO is quite expensive – over $10,000USD. Whitepaper: http://docs.neo.org/en-us/ Website: https://neo.org/ Coinmarketcap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/neo   Stellar [XLM] Stellar is an open-source protocol for exchanging money founded by Jed McCaleb and Joyce Kim in early 2014. Stellar was initially based on Ripple systems, with the aim of redesigning the global economy for more inclusiveness. But citing the complexity of the system, Stellar later redesigned itself with a brand new system of its own. Interesting facts: The native asset of Stellar is called Lumens [XLM]; One of the major partners with Stellar is IBM; While Ripple is developed by ex-bankers and financial professionals, Stellar is built by start-up veterans, like WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and Y-Combinator President Sam Altman; Jeb McCaleb, co-founder of Stellar, and also a co-founder of Ripple, was banished from Ripple before creating Stellar, but he still receives payments from the company; Whitepaper: https://www.stellar.org/papers/stellar-consensus-protocol.pdf Website: https://stellar.org Coinmarketcap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/stellar   Monero [XMR] Monero is an open-source cryptocurrency created in April 2014 that focuses on privacy and decentralization. Monero aims to improve on existing cryptocurrency design by obscuring sender, recipient and amount of every transaction made as well as making the mining process more equal. Interesting facts: Monero’s focus on privacy has attracted many people who are interested in evading the law. Its egalitarian mining process is also used by hackers who embed mining code into websites and apps. Monero uses Ring Signatures, Stealth Addresses and Ring Confidential Transactions to provide its users with maximum privacy. Monero is often associated with Darknet and illegal activities because of its enhanced anonymity and privacy. Whitepaper: https://getmonero.org/resources/research-lab/ Website: https://getmonero.org   Coinmarketcap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/monero EOS [EOS] EOS is a blockchain-based, decentralized operating system, designed to support commercial-scale decentralized applications by providing all of the necessary core functionality, enabling businesses to build blockchain applications in a way similar to web-based applications. Interesting facts: “EOS” is not an officially defined acronym, but the community has given it many different names like, “Ethereum On Steroids”, “End Of Silence”, “Endless Online Scaling”, and even “EOS Operating System”. EOS distributes its tokens during a 341-day ICO, which has an entirely novel structure. The ICO is divided into 350 23-hour long windows, in every window 2,000,000EOS tokens will be distributed amongst investors at market price. The first 5 days of EOS’s ICO were done “traditionally”, during which EOS raised around $185M in ETH. Running an EOS node requires Linux/OS X operating system. Whitepaper: https://github.com/EOSIO/Documentation/blob/master/TechnicalWhitePaper.md   Website: https://eos.io Coinmarketcap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/eos   Dash [DASH] Dash is a peer-to-peer open-source cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, acting as digital cash that can be sent without the need for middlemen like the bank. Dash was created by Evan Duffield and launched on the 18th of January, 2014 as a fork of Litecoin. The coin started off under the name XCoin, later to be renamed to Darkcoin, and was finally rebranded to Dash (derivative of “Digital” and “Cash”). Interesting facts: Dash is classified as a DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) because of its self-governance practice; Within the first 48 hours from the creation of the coin around 1.9 million or approximately 10% of the total supply of the coins were mined. This mishap happened because of a bug in the difficulty parameters in the code when Litecoin was forked to create Dash. The problem was quickly fixed. Dash uses two-tier The first tier consists of regular miners who confirm the transactions, and the second tier consists of MasterNodes that perform InstantSend, PrivateSend and governance functions. Running a MasterNode costs an initial payment of 1000 DASH; Dash’s partnership with Coinapult makes it possible to buy Dash with over 20 different fiat currencies. Whitepaper: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/wiki/Whitepaper Website: https://www.dash.org/ Coinmarketcap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/dash   IOTA [MIOTA] IOTA is a next generation public distributed ledger that, unlike other cryptocurrencies that utilize blockchain, utilizes a novel technological approach, called the “Tangle”. The Tangle is a new data structure based on a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG). Interesting facts: IOTA was founded in 2014 as a German non-profit organization; IoT devices have been regarded as the 4th industrial revolution, as it opens up never before seen opportunities, and IOTA is positioning itself as a critical factor to make IoT revolution happen; In November 2017, Microsoft's Blockchain specialist, Omkar Naik was quoted saying that Microsoft will partner with IOTA, which was later proven to not be the case; In December of 2017 the price of IOTA skyrocketed from around $1 to $5 in a matter of a week, as IOTA announced partnerships with Samsung and Fujitsu. Whitepaper: https://iota.org/IOTA_Whitepaper.pdf Website: https://iota.org/ Coinmarketcap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/iota   NEM [XEM] New Economy Movement (NEM) is an enterprise-grade solution to power the impending blockchain economy, focusing on creating a smart asset blockchain which could effectively work under heavy workloads. Originally NEM was intended to be a fork of NXT, but the community decided to go with a completely new code. The alpha release was launched on June 25, 2014 and the full version was launched on March 31, 2015. Interesting facts: The idea behind NEM was started by a Bitcointalk forum user called UtopianFuture, and the developers of NEM are keeping themselves pseudonymous. The launch of the currency was not a smooth road. People who held the NEMstake asset or signed up to Bitcointalk forum to receive their coins did not receive them, instead the coins; To run a booted and synchronized node a harvester must hold at least 10,000 NEM; At the start of 2018, over $500 million in NEM was stolen from a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck. Whitepapers and documents: https://docs.nem.io/en Website: https://nem.io/ Coinmarketcap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/nem   More info: http://cryptoandblockchaintalk.com/ SUBSCRIBE to our channels and never miss an episode: SPOTIFY iTunes Stitcher Soundcloud Google Play Music Tunein Castbox Pocket Casts Overcast iHeartRadio PlayerFM Twitter YouTube LinkedIn

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Happy new year listeners. Welcome to indie classical spotlight. Today’s episode we will be playing several sonata pieces from our classical collection. After 35 years of success the world over, including many award-winning recordings and newly commissioned works, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio continues to dazzle audiences and critics alike with their performances.The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Joseph Kalichstein, Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson "Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898: I. Andante moderato" (mp3) from "Franz Schubert: The Piano Trios and Arpeggione Sonata" (Bridge Records, Inc.) More On This Album An Oregon native, Marcia Hadjimarkos received degrees in piano performance and French literature from the University of Iowa. She has been devoted to the fortepiano and clavichord since the 1980s, and studied with Jos van Immerseel at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in 1993-94.Marcia Hadjimarkos "16 Deutsche Tänze, D 783" (mp3) from "Franz Schubert: Sonata & Dances for Fortepiano" (Arabesque Recordings) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album From the beginning of the first movement in Sonata No. 1, you can hear a tender, restrained longing behind the notes, which in turn helps illuminate the passionate outbursts that erupt in the First and especially the Third Sonatas. Zina Schiff has the emotional equipment to convey her powerful reading of these works. Zina Schiff, Cameron Grant "Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78" (mp3) from "Brahms: Sonatas for Violin and Piano" (MSR Classics) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Robert Quinney is a sub-Organist of Westminster Abbey. In addition to his work at the Abbey, he has a busy freelance career as soloist, ensemble player, and writer on music. In 2002 Quinney was named Royal College of Organists Performer of the Year.Robert Quinney "Sonata I in E Flat Major BWV 525" (mp3) from "Bach: Trio Sonatas For Organ" (Coro) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album

This month we have a very exciting feature. We will be celebrating the 10th year of the recording label CORO which was established in 2001. Bringing together live concerts and recording plans has allowed The Sixteen to develop a glittering catalogue which now boasts over ninety releases, spanning six hundred years of sacred choral music from the earliest plainsong through to contemporary composers such as James MacMillan.The back-catalogue contains some of the most magnificent choral works ever written including Handel’s Messiah, Allegri’s Miserere, Fauré’s Requiem and Tallis’s Spem in Alium - all of which are best sellers. Added to this list are the entire Eton Choirbook, Bach’s Mass in B minor and Victoria’s Requeim of 1605 all of which have received critical acclaim worldwide. Many of the CDs on CORO are award-winners and many more have been nominated for awards. The accolades include a MIDEM Award, two Gramophone Awards, three Diapason d’Or and four Schallplattenkritiks as well as two Grammy® nominations.We will be celebrating with pieces from 5 of CORO's albums today. The Sixteen/Harry Christophers"Stabat Mater Dolorosa" from "Allegri - Miserere/Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli" (Coro) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Amazon MP3 Buy at mTraksThe Sixteen / Harry Christophers"Libera Nos" from "Philip & Mary: A Marriage of England & Spain" (Coro) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Puretracks Buy at Amazon MP3 Buy at mTraksThe Sixteen/ Harry Christophers "Magnificat in D major (BWV 243)" from "Vivald: Gloria in D major / Bach: Magnificat in D major" (Coro) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Puretracks Buy at Amazon MP3 Buy at mTraksThe Sixteen, Harry Christophers"Messiah" from "Handel: Messiah" (Coro) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Puretracks Buy at Amazon MP3 Buy at mTraksHandel & Haydn Society, Harry Christophers, Elizabeth Watts, Phyllis Pancella, Andrew Kennedy, Eric Owens"Requiem, K. 626" (mp3) from "Mozart: Requiem" (The Sixteen Productions Ltd.) Buy at Amazon MP3

Bridge Records was founded in 1981 by the classical guitarist David Starobin, and his wife, the violinist, Becky Starobin. The company celebrates its 30th anniversary with a catalog of more than 400 CD and DVDs, as well as a music publishing arm and an artist management division. Both of the Starobin's children, Robert Starobin and Allegra Starobin, work for the company, as well as a staff of engineers, designers and allied personnel. Bridge now issues between 35 to 40 discs per year, across a broad spectrum of classical music, contemporary music and jazz. The Washington Post wrote that "Bridge is a company with a highly selectiveand consistently excellent catalog". It is this selectivity that has led to 25 Grammy nominations and numerous awards from the international critical press. New Orford String Quartet "String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887, Op. 161: I. Allegro molto moderato" (mp3) from "New Orford String Quartet performs Schubert and Beethoven" (Bridge Records, Inc.) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumThe New Orford Quartet is a brilliant all-star group from Canada. The quartet includes the concertmasters of the Montreal and Toronto Symphonies. This is the debut recording of the New Orford- a recording which has been receiving rave reviews in the critical press. Susanna Phillips, Myra Huang "Poemes Pour Mi: VII. Les Deux guerriers" (mp3) from "Susanna Phillips: Paysages" (Bridge Records, Inc.) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumSusanna Phillips is a spectacular young mezzo-soprano. Ms. Phillips is the winner of the Metropolitan Opera's 2010 Beverly Sills Award. Her solo debut recording on Bridge is called Paysages (Landscapes) and includes French songs by Messiaen, Debussy and Fauré. Here we listen to a track from Olivier Messiaen's magical song cycle Poemes pour Mi.The Budapest String Quartet "String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3: IV. Presto" (mp3) from "Beethoven: The Early Quartets" (Bridge Records, Inc.) More On This AlbumOne of the special parts of the Bridge catalog is the company's historical recordings, many released by Bridge for the first time ever. These include 25 volumes of concerts played at the Library of Congress, between 1940 and the present day. Famous names on the Bridge series include George Szell, Leopold Stowkowski, Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber and the Budapest String Quartet. Here the Budapest String Quartet performs from a 1944 concert. Garrick Ohlsson "Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: IV. Allegro energico" (mp3) from "Garrick Ohlsson: Liszt Recital" (Bridge Records, Inc.) More On This AlbumBridge has a long history of recording many of today's leading soloists. Among pianists in the Bridge catalog you'll find names like Rudolf Serkin, Richard Goode, Peter Serkin and Garrick Ohlsson. Here we listen to Garrick Ohlsson's recent Liszt recording, which celebrates the 200th anniversary of Liszt's birth.BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew David "Concerto In Pieces - Purcell Variations: I. Theme and Variation I, Vivace Maestoso" (mp3) from "Concertos of Melinda Wagner and Poul Ruders" (Bridge Records, Inc.) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumBBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew David "Concerto In Pieces - Purcell Variations: II. Variation II, Vivace Scherzando" (mp3) from "Concertos of Melinda Wagner and Poul Ruders" (Bridge Records, Inc.) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumAmong the strengths of the Bridge catalog is a strong commitment to finding the leading composers of our own time, and recording large portions of their catalog. The Danish composer Poul Ruders has become known for his operas and orchestral music, much of which has been recorded on Bridge. Here we listen to his "Concerto in Pieces", played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.Joseph Alessi, Susan Narucki, George Crumb, Paul Cesarczyk, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra "Star-Child: IV. Musica Apocalyptica" (mp3) from "George Crumb Edition, Vol. 3" (Bridge Records, Inc.) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumThe composer George Crumb celebrated his 80th birthday last year. Bridge has a particularly close relationship with Crumb, and is involved in recording the great American composer's complete output. Here we listen to the "Dies Irae" from Crumb's massive orchestral work, "Star-Child." This recording was a Grammy winner!Clara Rockmore, Nadia Reisenberg "Requiebros" (mp3) from "Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album" (Bridge Records, Inc.) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumEclectic titles are also a part of the Bridge catalog, and what could be more eclectic than a recording of classical masterpieces on the Theremin! Here we listen to the superb performer Clara Rockmore with an eerily beautiful rendition of Requiebros by Gaspar Cassado, accompanied by pianist Nadia Reisenberg.

Today we will be showcasing some of Beethoven's symphonies, including two tracks from our very special featured release from Avie Records titled "Beethoven: Symphony Nos 6 and 8" performed by Manchester Camerata and Douglas Boyd.Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Tiboris "Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 in D Minor -1895 Gustav Mahler Edition: III. Adagio molto e cantabile" (mp3) from "Beethoven's 9th Symphony: 1895 Gustav Mahler Orchestration" (Bridge Records, Inc.) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumMahler’s grand expansion of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony employs an extra 4 horns and an extra set of Timpani, revoicing many passages of the venerable masterpiece. Mahler adds occasional counter-melodies and thickens the scoring in order to create his own heightened dynamic scale. Of his own performances of this re-scoring, Mahler wrote: "Far from following any arbitrary purpose or course, but also without allowing himself to be led astray by tradition, (this conductor) was constantly and solely concerned with carrying out Beethoven’s wishes in their minutest detail, and ensuring that nothing the master intended should be sacrificed or drowned out amid the general confusion of sound."San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas "Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67" (mp3) from "Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 4" (San Francisco Symphony) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumThe San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas present Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto featuring pianist Emanuel Ax.Jan Willem de Vriend, The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra "Symphony no. 7 op. 92 in A major: Allegro con brio" (mp3) from "Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 7&8 - Complete symphonies vol.3" (Challenge Classics) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumManchester Camerata, Douglas Boyd "Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 - "Pastoral"" (mp3) from "Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 6 & 8" (AVIE Records) More On This Album Manchester Camerata lodges the latest release in its acclaimed Beethoven Symphony cycle. Like the previous releases in this cycle these live recordings capture the spirit and freshness of these remarkable, genre-busting works, as well as the excitement, atmosphere and energy of the chamber orchestra under Music Director Douglas Boyd. Manchester Camerata has become one of the finest, most innovative chamber orchestras in the UK, and Douglas Boyd has proven to be an eminent Beethovenian. Conducting the composer’s Fidelio at the 2009 Garsington Opera Festival, The Times (London) noted “his grasp of Beethovenian idiom” and “pungent underlining of orchestral detail”, praising the musical performance as “sublime and exultant”. This is the penultimate release in the Douglas Boyd-Manchester Camerata Beethoven Symphony cycle. The Ninth “Choral” Symphony will be released in November 2011.

This month on Maestro Independent Classical Spotlight we have a selection of four Romantic Period pieces from our classical collection. Amber Yiu Hsuan Liao"Piano Sonata No.18 in E-flat major, Op.31, No.3" (mp3) from "Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.18; Granados: Goyescas; Schumann: Humoreske" (MSR Classics) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This AlbumThe three pieces in this recording were all written during difficult times in the lives of their composers. Beethoven composed the E-flat major sonata in the same year he wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament. Goyescas was created shortly after Granados learned about both the death of his close friend Issac Albéniz, and the Tragic Week, a bloody confrontation between the working class of Barcelona and the army. When Schumann composed Humoreske, he was an aspiring composer trying to win the approval of Clara’s father, and was staying in Vienna away from home and his beloved. It is touching to hear how the composers rose above the pain, anxiety and desperation in their lives with such grace. They transcended their suffering, and created these beautiful pieces that have enriched the lives of many others in future generations.Pianist Amber Yiu Hsuan Liao has given recitals and solo performances throughout United States and Taiwan. Recent engagements include recitals at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center and the Freeport Memorial Library, and the world premiere of Between Stream and Hills III for piano solo by Chih-Chen Wei. Ms. Liao has been invited to participate in several music festivals in Europe, including Courchevel Academie Musicale in France, Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg and New Millennium Piano Festival in Gijón, Spain. She has also been selected to perform in the master classes of distinguished artists such as Leon Fleisher, Dmitri Bashkirov, John Perry, Leslie Howard, Oxana Yablonskaya, Michel Béroff and Robert McDonald. As a chamber musician, Ms. Liao’s collaborations with vocalists and instrumentalists have led to performances in the CAMI Hall, Symphony Space and the Lenox Athenaeum, among others. She was the pianist in the Emerald Quintet, a group dedicated to both standard repertoire and the works of contemporary composers. Ms. Liao started her early music training in Taiwan. As a teenager, she was the prize winner of several regional and national composition competitions. She continued her studies in piano performance in the United States under the tutelage of Boris Slutsky and Arkady Aronov. A winner of the Rose Marie Milholland Award and the President’s Award, she received her Master of Music from the Peabody Institute and Doctor of Musical Arts from the Manhattan School of Music. She currently maintains a private studio in New York City, and is on the faculty of Seton Hall University in New Jersey.Budapest String Quartet, Artur Balsam "Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: I. Allegro" (mp3) from "Brahms and Schumann Recital" (Bridge Records, Inc.) More On This AlbumThe Budapest String Quartet was a string quartet in existence from 1917 to 1967. It originally consisted of three Hungarians and a Dutchman; at the end, the quartet consisted of four Russians. A number of recordings were made for HMV/Victor through 1938; from 1940 through 1967 it recorded for Columbia Records. Additionally, several of the Quartet's live performances were recorded, at the Library of Congress and other venues.More info on Budapest String Quartet.Artur Balsam (1906-1994) was a highly versatile pianist who was born in Poland and became established as an accompanist for Yehudi Menhuin on a 1932 tour of the United States. After being hounded out of Europe during the Nazi period, Balsam settled in New York and began both teaching and recording. Balsam was a very flexible artist who proved himself quite capable in piano repertoire ranging from the Baroque to ultra-modern works. Balsam was well-known locally in New York City, Rochester and Boston as a teacher, recitalist and chamber musician. He worked for dozens of East Coast based record labels, but the highest concentration of his recordings may be found in the Vox catalogue.More info on Artur Balsam.Lavina Meijer "Impromptu- Caprice, Op. 9" (mp3) from "Fantasies & Impromptus" (Channel Classics Records) More On This AlbumLavinia Meijer (1983) is recognized worldwide as one of the most promising rising stars of the moment. Born in Korea and adopted into a Dutch family, she is now based in the Netherlands. She studied under the guidance of Erika Waardenburg at the conservatories of Utrecht and Amsterdam, where she received her Bachelor and Masters degrees of Music with the highest distinction. Since then she has toured as a solo-harpist across Europe, America and Asia, showing the many possibilities of the harp as a solo-instrument.From a young age on, she has won several important music prizes, such as first prize at the Dutch Harp Competition in the Netherlands, first prize at the International Harp Competition in Brussels, a second prize at the International Harp Competition in Vienna and a third prize at both the International USA Harp Competition and the International Harp Competition in Israel. Special awards have been given to her, such as the MeesPierson award and the Vriendenkrans of the Royal Concertgebouw from Amsterdam and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust from London. In 2009 she received the Dutch Music Prize, which is the highest distinction for a Dutch classical musician.For full bio, please click here. Vassily Primakov "Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5" (mp3) from "Vassily Primakov: Rachmaninoff Recital" (Bridge Records, Inc.) More On This AlbumIn many ways Vassily Primakov is a reincarnation of the keyboard virtuoso from the early and mid-20th century: he possesses an enormous technique, a highly individual interpretive persona, and a keen sense for drama in the big moments of Romantic and post-Romantic works. To watch him at the piano in performance underscores this atavistic view: Primakov often plays trance-like, seemingly carried away by the music, with all manner of facial expressions and animated movements, while still conveying the sense he is in complete control, despite whatever technical challenges confront him. His growing number of fans will assert that he is fun to watch in his captivating mixture of eccentricity and sensitive virtuosity. Primakov possesses a broad repertory inclusive of Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, and Shostakovich. But he does not skirt the less meaty repertory, as his performances of Mozart concertos will attest; nor does he avoid the unusual: he plays the generally neglected and less pianistic Dvorák Piano Concerto. Primakov has recorded for Bridge Records and the Van Cliburn Foundation.Vassily Primakov was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1979. At 11 he became a student of Vera Gornostaeva at the Central Special Music School in Moscow. At 17 he enrolled at Juilliard, where he studied until 2005. His teachers there included keyboard icon Jerome Lowenthal. Primakov eventually made the U.S. his adopted homeland.For full bio, please click here.

Today's episode will be centered around Opera Works & Songs from our classical collection. We have 4 pieces for you today, and we will end with a piece from our featured release, "Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor." Nicolai Ghiaurov, Sesto Bruscantini, Alfredo Kraus, Gundula Janowitz, Sena Jurinac, Walter Monachesi, Dimitri Petkov, Olivera Miliakovic "Don Giovanni" (mp3) from "Mozart: Don Giovanni" (Opera d'Oro) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumSteven Kimbrough, Wolfgang Schmid, Andreas Kreisel "Kommt wieder aus der finst'ren Gruft" (mp3) from "Geistliche Lieder - Sacred Songs of Bach (from the 1736 Songbook of Georg Schemelli)" (Arabesque Recordings) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This AlbumInessa Galante, Vladimir Choclov, Janis Bulvas "A idise mame" (mp3) from "Goldins: Jewish Folk Songs - Rachmaninov: Romantic Songs" (Campion) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumValery Gergiev, Natalie Dessay, Sergei Skorokhodov, Ilya Bannik, Vladislav Sulimsky, Mariinsky Chorus, Mariinsky Orchestra from "Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor" (Mariinsky) More On This AlbumThe Mariinsky label’s opera recordings have garnered acclaim and awards from around the world, most recently for Valery Gergiev’s recording of Parsifal released in 2010. For the label’s fifth opera, Gergiev conducts Donizetti’s masterpiece with a magnificent cast led by Natalie Dessay. Donizetti’s tragic opera in three acts depicts a family feud set in the Lammermuir hills of Scotland. The opera was premiered on 26 September 1835 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, with the coloratura soprano Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani, and a revised version in French followed suit in 1839. Inspired by Sir Walter Scott’s novel The Bride of Lammermoor, the central character of Lucia Ashton (Dessay) is in love with Edgardo di Ravenswood, her brother Enrico’s sworn enemy. With his fortune waning, Lord Enrico plots to force Lucia to marry Lord Arturo Bucklaw, in order to guarantee his continued power. Torn between her family and true love, Lucia submits to her brother’s desires but in turn loses her mind. Lucia’s delicate disposition is tested and results in the famous ‘mad scene’ where Lucia kills her new bridegroom Arturo. Natalie Dessay is one of the world’s most sought-after sopranos and an admired interpreter of lyric heroines. She is particularly renowned for her interpretation of the role of Lucia, which she has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House and the Mariinsky Theatre. Future engagements include Verdi’s La Traviata with the LSO at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in July and at the Wiener Staatsoper in October. Piotr Beczala is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of today’s leading lyric tenors. He has recently sung Edgardo with the Metropolitan Opera in New York and on tour in Japan, and this summer will perform at the Bayerische Staatsoper and Salzburg Festival. Valery Gergiev recently won the Disc of the Year Award from BBC Music Magazine for his LSO Live recording of Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet. In July, Gergiev will conduct the Mariinsky Ballet at New York Metropolitan Opera and in August he conducts at the Edinburgh Festival and BBC Proms with the Mariinsky Orchestra before opening the LSO’s 2011-12 concert season. In October he embarks on a major tour of the USA and Canada with the Mariinsky Orchestra, including residencies at Carnegie Hall and Berkeley. Forthcoming releases include the final instalment in his Mahler cycle on LSO Live featuring Symphony No 9 and the Mariinsky label’s first DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs. Natalie Dessay appears courtesy of Virgin Classics.

Welcome to the Maestro Classical Podcast. This is episode number 26 and we are featuring music from Joseph Haydn, with performances by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra & Andreas Delfs. More information on this episode can be found at www.maestroclassical.com. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan"Symphony No. 88" from "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104, 88, 101" (Philharmonia Baroque) More On This AlbumMilwaukee Symphony Orchestra & Andreas Delfs "Haydn: Symphony No. 96" (mp3) from "Haydn: Symphony No. 96" (MSO Classics) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham "Symphony No. 100 in G, 'Military'" from "Haydn: Symphonies No. 99 & 100" (Discover Classical Music) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumAustro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra"Symphony No. 6 In D Major Le Matin" from "Great Haydn Symphonies" (Nimbus Records) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jane Glover"Haydn: Symphony #104 In D, H 1/104, "London" - 1. Adagio, Allegro" from "Haydn: Symphony No. 102, Symphony No. 104 "London"" (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album

Welcome to Maestro Independent Classical Spotlight. On this episode we will be playing some pieces to celebrate the arrival of Spring. For more information on this episode, please read below.Carles Cases "Fotos" (mp3) from "Cine Español - vol.1 (Recomposed 6)" (Temps Record) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumIt was during the nineties when Cases had more activity in the Panorama of Spanish Cinema. Many of those soundtracks were not edited in that moment, and now, using the same musicians as when he wrote them, he has made a reinterpretation of two movies: “Fotos” and “La Mujer de Mi Vida”.Emmanuel Rossfelder, Raphael Mata "Quintette G.448" (mp3) from "Danses pour Cordes - Works for Guitar & Cello" (Integral Classic) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This AlbumFROM TEACHER TO STUDENT -
“My early artistic career was shaped by an extraordinary encounter with Alexandre Lagoya who was my teacher and the best mentor that I could ever have dreamt of having. Guidance is essential, both on an artistic and a spiritual level, at every age and at every stage of life.
Although Raphaël Mata was only six when I discovered him; his talent and joie de vivre had already left a mark on me. So he was my obvious choice for ‘gifted student’. Tristan’s performances are brilliant and subtle. This is what persuaded me to link the warm sounds of his cello to those of my guitar. His artistic talent makes him a cellist of astounding maturity. What is remarkable when we listen to this CD is that it is difficult to distinguish between the teacher and the student. What it boils down to is artists who express their emotions through instruments, through this invisible and fascinating art that is music.”
Emmanuel RossfelderJean-Pierre Ferey "Suite en La (1706)" (mp3) from "Rameau: Suites de Pièces" (SKARBO) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This AlbumSan Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas "Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67" (mp3) from "Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 4" (San Francisco Symphony) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumThe San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas present Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto featuring pianist Emanuel Ax.

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers from "Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale, Vol. 1" (Coro) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Without doubt, Monteverdi was the greatest of the early baroque European composers. He revolutionized the music of the theater and the church by his dramatic and imaginative use of voices and instruments and by his daring harmonies and rhythms. Next to his Vespers of 1610, the Selva morale e spiritual of 1641 is his most significant and virtuosic collection of sacred music. Over the next few years we intend to record the complete publication with a variety of forces. His much performed Beatus vir is a mere appetizer for this delightful yet thrilling music.BYU Men's Chorus "Goin' Home" (mp3) from "The Pilgrim's Journey Home" (Tantara Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This AlbumLift your spirits with a brand-new collection of inspirational folk hymns and songs. Although life may be difficult, the youthful and energetic voices of the BYU Combined Choirs and Orchestra will inspire and strengthen you on your own journey home.Florilegium & Arakaendar Bolivia Choir, Ashley Solomon "Fuera, Fuera! Haganles Lugar!" (mp3) from "Bolivian Baroque Vol. 3" (Channel Classics Records) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Welcome to our third volume of Bolivian Baroque music which was, unusually, recorded in three different venues, in two different countries almost 6250 miles apart. This time the majority of the CD was recorded in Holland (in both the Waalse Kerk in Amsterdam and the Doopsgezinde Kerk in Deventer) during Arakaendar Bolivia Choirís first tour of Europe with Florilegium in 2008. In addition we have included a number of solo organ pieces from the Bolivian archives which James Johnstone recorded on the restored anonymous 18th century Blockwerk organ in the Mission Church of Santa Ana de Velasco. This is the first European recording on this remarkable instrument, its raw sound recorded here for posterity. The music on this volume differs considerably from the other two Channel Classics recordings (CCS 22105 & CCS 24806) as it mainly showcases Arakaendar Bolivia, the choir I set up in 2005. They continue to thrive and have shown tremendous commitment and determination in preparing this challenging and varied programme. We were delighted to be nominated by BBC Music Magazine for the best choir recording of 2008 for our last CD recording, as well as receiving our 5th Editorís Choice from Gramophone magazine. I hope this new volume is received as warmly.The Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Duncan Ferguson "Leroy Kyrie" (mp3) from "John Taverner: Sacred Choral Music" (Delphian Records) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album John Taverner brought the English florid style to its culmination and final flowering; his music is quite unlike anything written by his continental contemporaries and, viewed retrospectively, represents not only the culmination of one period but also the beginning of something new. In his debut recording with the critically acclaimed Edinburgh choir, Duncan Ferguson presents this music with forces akin to those of the sixteenth century ñ a small group of children and a larger number of men. The singers respond with their characteristic freshness, and an emotional authenticity born of the daily round of liturgical performance.Johann Sabastian Bach: MotetsVocalconsort Berlin, Marcus Creed from "Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets" (Harmonia Mundi) More On This Album Album will be availble online around March 22, 2011 The Vocalconsort Berlin was founded in 2003 and made its debut the same year in Monteverdi's LíOrfeo under the direction of RenÈ Jacobs at the Innsbruck Festival. The ensemble specialises in early and high Baroque repertoire, but also interprets Romantic and contemporary music. The Vocalconsort¥s composition can range from quartet to polychoral formations, including also solo performances. It sings both in concert and in operatic and theatrical productions. Under the direction of Marcus Creed, RenÈ Jacobs, Jos van Immerseel and Ottavio Dantone, the ensemble has worked with the Akademie f¸r Alte Musik Berlin and the Accademia Bizantina. With the Akademie f¸r Alte Musik Berlin, it has participated since 2006 in the projects of Sasha Waltz & Guests at Radialsystem V, the new venue for interaction of the arts on the Spree. Marcus Creed, artistic director of the SWR Vokalensemble (South West German Radio Choir) since 2003, studied at Kingís College Cambridge, Christ Church Oxford, and at the Guildhall School of Music in London. From 1977 to 1998 he lived in Berlin, where he was chorusmaster at the Deutsche Oper, taught lied interpretation at the Hochschule der K¸nste, and worked as pianist and conductor with the Gruppe Neue Musik and the Scharoun Ensemble. From 1987 he was artistic director of the RIAS Kammerchor, being awarded many international prizes for his recordings. He has formed close working relationships with the Akademie f¸r Alte Musik Berlin, the Freiburger Barockorchester and Concerto Kˆln, and has appeared at festivals in Berlin, Vienna, Salzburg, Montreux, Edinburgh, Lucerne, Innsbruck, Donaueschingen, Strasbourg, and Gˆttingen. He was appointed Professor of Choral Conducting at the Hochschule f¸r Musik in Cologne in 1998. His recordings of works by Bruckner, Ives, Nono, and Kurt·g with the SWR Vokalensemble have received a number of awards from the critics.

In this episode we wanted to celebrate the upcoming holidays with a few of our favorite pieces. We have also included a special sneak peak to Agustin Hadelich's new album, "Echoes of Paris"! We hope you enjoy the music. Everyone have a wonderful holiday and a fantastic New Year! Harry Christophers, The Sixteen "In Dulci Jubilo" from "A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection, Vol. II" (The Sixteen Productions Ltd.)    There is such an abundance of festive music available to us that sometimes one wishes Christmas did not come but once a year! The Sixteen’s first volume of traditional Christmas carols contains some of our most favorite pieces but there is so much more wonderful festive music that deserves to be better known. So we decided to make a second volume. On this disc you will discover familiar seasonal favorites such as ‘Unto us a boy is born’ and ‘It came upon the midnight clear’ but we have also included some less well-known gems like ‘Cherry Tree Carol’ and ‘Gloucestershire Wassail’.Woody Phillips "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy" (mp3) from "A Toolbox Christmas" (Gourd Music) Buy at Amazon MP3 Buy at eMusic More On This AlbumA Toolbox Christmas - Liner Notes: A Toolbox Christmas marks Woody Phillips' breathtaking debut into a world of repertoire and instrumentation only dreamed of by composers who have gone before him. True, Beethoven gave us the 'Hammer (klavier) Sonata' -- but Phillips has dared to explore the full range of the workbench's symphonic palette. Never before have your ears experienced the the exquisite marimba-like 2x4's in Jingle Bells ; the majestic table saw duet in Joy to the World ; the sensitive counterpoint provided by the power planer in I Saw Three Ships ; the filigreed ornamentation of the clanking pipes in We Wish You a Merry Christmas ; the uniquely persuasive percussion of the pneumatic nailer in Patapan ; the panoply of hand and power tools in The Twelve Days of Christmas -- listen and you'll know you're in a new and extraordinary realm of holiday music. Tchaikowsky's beloved Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy may never sound the same to you again once you've experienced Phillips' ensemble of antique hand drill, mandolin, anvil, t-square, level and pipes. Will an eye remain dry as Auld Lang Syne, ethereal and poignant on the musical saw, shimmers over the drone of the shop vac? Phillips' ear is impeccable, perfectly attuned to nuances of tone and subtle differences of timbre among the various power tools, always employing the right tool for each job. Never, however, does Phillips disdain the traditional instruments of the concert hall. Though purists may balk at the sound of actual musical instruments on A Toolbox Christmas , when Phillips senses the need for a cello, mandolin, oboe or flute, in it goes, without regard for mere commercial considerations. His generous, all-encompassing love of beautiful sounds permits no petty divisions in his artistic kingdom. Above all, Phillips' true genius in A Toolbox Christmas has been to include the entire ambiance of the workshop on this recording. He has drawn not only on the incomparable sonorities of the tools themselves, but adds sounds every home-improver will recognize with delight: a tape measure retracting; duct tape tearing; the little ball bearing rolling as the spray paint can is shaken. He has created choirs of bottles and chiming sacks of 10d nails. Perhaps most inspired of all is his brilliant use of the perfectly-timed pop-top. The resulting magic awaits you in A Toolbox Christmas .Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra "Messiah" from "Handel: Messiah" (LSO Live) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 Buy at eMusic More On This Album Handel's masterpiece uses short texts from the Bible to tell the story of Christ's birth, death and resurrection. Imbued with a deep humanity and written with the imagination of a composer at the peak of powers, Messiah is intimate yet dramatic and includes some of Handel's best-loved music.Hallé, Carl Davis"The Nutcracker" from "Hallé Christmas Classics" (Halle Concerts Society) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumA wealth of Christmas favourites, under the direction of BAFTA award-winning conductor and composer, Carl Davis.'Claire Rutter... thrilling confidence and elan... a true prima donna... [with] spine tingling top notes...' Sunday Times Augustin Hadelich, Robert Kulek"Poulenc: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 119" from "Echoes of Paris" (AVIE Records) More On This Album Augustin Hadelich, Robert Kulek"Stravinsky: Suite After Themes, Fragments and Pieces by Giambattista Pergolesi" from "Echoes of Paris" (AVIE Records) More On This AlbumI chose the four works on this recording because I think they fit together really well. After having played many combinations of them in recitals, I started wondering about the connection between these pieces - why are they so compatible? Almost immediately, Paris came to mind. All of these composers lived in Paris during the early part of the 20th century, when that city was a magnet for creative artists: painters like Matisse, Dali, Chagall, and Picasso, the writers Proust, Joyce, and Hemingway, and composers such as Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Poulenc, Copland, and many others. Stravinsky and Prokofiev were also among the many expatriate musicians who flocked to Paris at that time. They drew inspiration from the city’s electric atmosphere and cultural ferment, and then went off in their own amazing, revolutionary directions. I think that these French and Russian pieces form such a good program because there are echoes of Paris in these four works that help tie them together: puppet-like dances in both Debussy and Stravinsky; percussive, as well as militaristic and march-like sections in Stravinsky's Suite and the sonatas of Poulenc and Prokofiev; jazz references in Debussy and Prokofiev; and hints of Spanish flavor in both Debussy and Poulenc, so popular among French composers at that time. The key signatures also help to unify the program - g minor, G Major, D Major, and d minor. Claude Debussy sought to develop a style that was free of German compositional influences. Drawing inspiration from Spanish, jazz, and gypsy music, the violin sonata of 1917 (his last work) certainly bears the imprint of that philosophy. Avoiding the conventional sonata form, the structure of the piece is quite fractured and rhapsodic - the result is unique and fascinating. I love the sonata for all of its sudden twists and delicate turns. The second movement makes me think of puppets engaged in a dance. In 1920, two years after Debussy's death, Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet Pulcinella, a humorous neo-classical work, that premiered in Paris the same year with sets and costumes designed by Pablo Picasso. In this work, he used music from an obscure 18th-century commedia dell'arte opera, assumed to have been written by Pergolesi, but probably written by other, lesser-known composers. By altering this material in various ways, Stravinsky created something completely new. He called the composition of Pulcinella an "epiphany through which my late work became possible" - for the first time, borrowed style became a compositional element. Most often, violinists play Samuel Dushkin’s 1932 transcription of Pulcinella, modeled after the transcription for cello and piano. Because many of the quirky dissonances are removed, it turns out to be a rather toned-down version of the work. On this recording, I am playing the earlier 1925 transcription that was made in collaboration with the violinist Paul Kochanski; it is much closer to Stravinsky’s original orchestral work. It is more difficult for both the violinist and the pianist, but well worth the effort! Sometimes I think the awkwardness of the writing is intentional, to make the piece seem slightly askew, making both the player and the listener a little bit uncomfortable. I am again reminded of puppets, but larger and clumsier than Debussy's. I also love how Stravinsky composes apparent mistakes into the piece. Having fled Russia after the revolution in 1917, Sergei Prokofiev spent many years living in Paris before returning to his homeland in 1935. Very much admired by Stravinsky and other composers who lived in Paris at the time, his first symphony (1917) is considered to be one of the first neo-classical works, even pre-dating Stravinsky's Pulcinella. His second violin sonata is, however, a late work. Originally written in 1942 for flute and piano, it was transcribed for violin at the request of David Oistrakh. It is a large, powerful work that is, in turn, sweet, happy, sad, passionate, even violent and militaristic. The march in the last movement, however, makes me think more of tin soldiers than real ones! In the sonata by Francis Poulenc, the soldiers are very real. Composed in 1942-1943, it is Poulenc’s homage to the great Spanish poet, Federico Garcia Lorca, who was executed in 1936 by the fascist government in Spain. The percussive opening of the sonata owes something to Stravinsky and Prokofiev, who were among his formative influences. Throughout the first movement, militaristic passages are juxtaposed with more lyrical, salon-like themes; perhaps these represent the socialist and fascist forces at war in Spain when Lorca was killed. Showing the impressionist influence of Debussy, the beautiful second movement was inspired by one of Lorca's poems: It has been speculated that the two triple-forte notes in the piano towards the end of the last movement ("Presto tragico") are the gunshots of the firing squad. Following exclamations of pain, a few sweet memories briefly return in the sorrowful coda. Poulenc himself was actually quite unhappy with the sonata, which was written for the French violinist Ginette Neveu, and after many revisions concluded that it was an "utter failure". I think he was being a little too hard on himself, and history has not agreed with him. It is one of my favorite sonatas, and I perform it often. Likewise, audiences are extremely enthusiastic and deeply moved by it. Coincidentally, I played a recital in Paris in April 2010 at the Louvre, also with Robert Kulek. We couldn't resist taking some photos while we were there. I hope you enjoy this recording! Augustin Hadelich

The first official Rainbow Faith Podcast in a long time. Some notes about my ordination and a bible reading and prayer of thanksgiving. Also some beautiful music from Michael Angotti and David Kauffman. Show notes: http://myfanwe.wordpress.com/podcast

  More about Nocturnes Leon Bosch, Sung-Suk Kang "Nocturne" (mp3) from "Virtuoso Double Bass" (Meridian Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album   The working relationship between Sung-Suk Kang and the distinguished double bass player Leon Bosch goes back to 1982, when both were students at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK. Sung-Suk accompanied Leon during lessons and at scholarship auditions. 'At the end of our courses of study,' Leon remembers, 'the RNCM principal, Sir John Manduell, invited us to play two pieces together in one of the so-called principal's concerts. These were showcase events in which his ‘prize students’ were afforded a platform to perform in front of an audience of many distinguished invited guests, as well as the public. Sung-Suk and I performed two pieces by the great double bass player Bottesini, the Capriccio di Bravura and Fantasy Sonnambula. 'I'll remember that 1984 concert forever, for Sung-Suk’s magical playing throughout. There was one extended piano tutti in Sonnambula which was particular memorable for its unique delicacy and scintillating effervescence.' Sung-Suk picks up the story. 'After we left the RNCM, Leon and I lost contact with each other for twenty years. Then in the autumn of 2006, all of a sudden I received an SMS message from Leon on my mobile.....out of the blue. I called him back and discovered that at short notice he wanted me to play for him on a CD of pieces by Bottesini. After exchanging a few emails, I agreed.’ So what had inspired Leon to make the move? 'After Sung-Suk and I parted company back in 1984 I always thought of her whenever I played Sonnambula. I often wondered what had happened to her. I have a tape recording of that principal's concert and played it often over the years to reassure myself that it was indeed real and not just a grossly exaggerated and romanticised memory! 'Then when I was scheduled to record my first Bottesini disc, my pianist had to withdraw. After much thought, I resolved to try and find Sung-Suk, since she was the only person I felt I'd really be happy to work with. I put her name into Google and found her referred to on the website of the conductor, Nayden Todorov. With that lead, I traced her to Vienna.’ 'We began to rehearse as soon as I arrived in London!' Sung-Suk recalls. 'There wasn`t enough time to work on each piece in detail.... and we only had one and a half days to record all the repertoire for the CD. 'Playing with Leon wasn`t easy at first - he has a unique way of phrasing and his rubato is never predictable. And of course my ears had to concentrate so much on picking up the thick, deep lower register of the double bass sound. But during the recording sessions everything clicked and became completely natural. 'We tried to create a new atmosphere for each piece and then find the inspiration for a special interpretation at the end of the process. This was always different from what we'd prepared....music-making with Leon is always spontaneous! I love the full sound he makes, all the different colours he creates to express varied emotions in depth.’ As for Nocturne, it allows the piano to anticipate the main theme in the opening section but then gives it no share of the melodic line so expressively introduced and sustained by the double bass. It is, however, the piano which towards the end initiates the change from minor to major harmonies, just before double-bass harmonics magically project the melody into the soprano register. If Bottesini expected to be remembered by future generations he no doubt felt that it would be through his operas and sacred music. In fact, while they are forgotten, his posthumous reputation derives from an instrumental artistry which, though it died with him, survives in the hands of those few bassists who can do his compositions full justice.   Nikolai Lugansky "Nocturne, Op. 55 No. 1" (mp3) from "Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3, Fantasie-impromptu, Prélude, Nocturne, et al." (Onyx Classics) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album   Nikolai Lugansky's first recording for ONYX. The Daily Telegraph commenting on Lugansky, said 'He can thrill in taxing pianism through his iron will and fingers of steel, but there is an assuaging velvet quality to his tone, a natural feel for lyrical line' Gramophone praised his 'pianism of immense skill, fluency and innate musical quality' Nikolai Lugansky was born in Moscow in 1972. He studied at Moscow Central Music School (under Tatiana Kestner) and then at the Moscow Conservatory, where he was a pupil of Tatiana Nikolayeva, who described him as ‘the next one’ in a line of great Russian pianists. Following Nikolayeva’s untimely death in 1993, Lugansky continued his studies under Sergei Dorensky. A laureate of the International Bach Competition in Leipzig, the Rachmaninov Competition in Moscow and the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Lugansky has a repertoire of over 50 concertos with orchestra as well as a wide range of solo and chamber works. He has worked with many distinguished orchestras and conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Valery Gergiev, Neeme Järvi, Raymond Leppard, Yoel Levi, Mikhail Pletnev, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Vladimir Spivakov, Evgeny Svetlanov, Yuri Temirkanov, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Chailly and others. His chamber music partners have included Vadim Repin, Alexander Kniazev, Joshua Bell, Yuri Bashmet, Mischa Maisky, Leonidas Kavakos and Anna Netrebko among others. Lugansky has recorded 23 CDs. His solo recordings on Warner Classics — Chopin Études, Rachmaninov Préludes and Moments musicaux and Chopin Préludes — were each awarded a Diapason d’Or. His PentaTone Classics SACD of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no.1, with the Russian National Orchestra under Kent Nagano, was cited as ‘Editor’s Choice’ in Gramophone. His Prokofiev CD was one of the ‘CDs of the Year’ (2004) featured in The Daily Telegraph. Lugansky’s recordings of the complete piano concertos of Rachmaninov, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo, received Choc du Monde de la Musique, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik and the 2005 ECHO Klassik Award. His last recording (Chopin’s and Rachmaninov’s cello sonatas) with the cellist Alexander Kniazev won the 2007 ECHO Klassik Award. As well as performing and recording, Lugansky teaches at the Moscow Conservatory as an assistant of Prof. Sergei Dorensky.   Anthony Goldstone "Nocturne in D-Flat Major, Op. 8" (mp3) from "Russian Piano Music, Vol. 4: Sergei Lyapunov" (Divine Art) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Now almost forgotten in the West, Lyapunov was one of the truly great composers of the Romantic era in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His Sonata is a phenomenal work and his mastery of pianistic composition is also finely demonstrated by the other works on this album masterfully interpreted by Anthony Goldstone. Anyone who loves Chopin or Liszt should get to know this music.   Fuzjko Hemming "Nocturne No. 20 In C-Sharp Minor" (mp3) from "Fuzjko Hemming - Collector's Edition" (Fuzjko Label) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Having wowed much of the Eastern Hemisphere for years, classical pianist Fuzjko Hemming is preparing for her introduction to the United States. Having been born into humble circumstances, child of a Japanese mother and Swedish father, she has felt rootless, too Asian in appearance for Sweden, and in Japan constricted by the society's stratified and class-oriented way of life. Then, as she was starting to gain traction as a professional musician, her promising career was cut short. - Fuzjko lost all hearing in her left ear after battling a serious cold. At 16, she already lost her hearing in her right ear due to illness. Completely deaf for 2 years, she eventually had 40% of her hearing restored in her left ear. After living in poverty in Europe for many years before returning to Japan and gaining acclaim for her music - critics hailed her as being "born to play Chopin and Liszt " In 1999, Japan's NHK Television aired a documentary of her life and she released her debut album, La Campanella, which sold more than two million copies, a rare accomplishment for any classical artist She also has won an unprecedented four Classical Album of the Year Awards at the Japan Gold Disc Awards, another extraordinary achievement for any artist, let alone a classical artist She remains the only four-time Gold Disc Award winner. Since that time she has recorded numerous successful albums - invigorating collections of classical interpretations, five of which are being released for the first time in the U.S. on her label Domo Records: Echoes of Eternity, La Campanella, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1, Nocturnes of Melancholy, Live at Carnegie Hall. On the new album, Fuzjko, the artist performs largely romantic repertoire ranging from Beethoven's "The Tempest" sonata to works by Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti and Debussy. In each piece, whether performing Chopin's Nocturnes or Liszt's bravura pieces "La Campanella" and "Grand Etudes D'Apres Paganini No. 6", Fuzjko infuses poetry to these timeless compositions, and always in her own eminently attractive style. The warmth of Fuzjko's sound can also be heard in Scarlatti's Sonata K.162 and Debussy's "Claire De Lune". Although much of the repertoire is familiar, Fuzjko also dips into lesser known works like Liszt's transcription of Schumann's "Fruhlinghsnacht", and Chopin's "Trois Nouvelles Etudes No.3, and always played with her celebrated musicality much in evidence. The celebrated virtuoso blends the classicality of her influences such as Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin with the sophisticated approach of her mentors (Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan) to create an emotional delivery of exquisite craftsmanship. She's been known to bring some fans to tears with her moving immersion in her music. With her strikingly unorthodox playing style and intricate ethnic roots, it's evident that Fuzjko's true home is at the piano, where she reveals herself as a true artist of the world.   Carly Comando "Bear" (mp3) from "One Take" (Deep Elm) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album   Chilling. Stirring. Powerful. Contemplative. These are some of the words most frequently used to describe the achingly beautiful piano instrumentals of Carly Comando. Her debut album "One Take" features ten delicately woven songs (including her single "Everday") that are the direct emotional output of her innermost thoughts. "The album means the world to me. It's complete, in-the-moment sincerity translated into moody solo piano music. I used an improv technique, recording in just one take, so I could capture the essence of pure emotion" says Carly. From the rises and falls to the shrinks and swells, these songs will leave an indellible impression on your mind. It's music that stays with you forever. "One Take" was recorded in Carly's home studio in Brooklyn, NY. Mastered by Phil Douglas (Latterman, Small Arms Dealer, Iron Chic). The album includes the "Everyday" which was originally released in December 2006. Deep Elm Records is simultaneously releasing an EP titled "Cordelia" featuring four additional piano instrumentals. Carly also plays keyboards / sings in the band Slingshot Dakota and composes custom works upon request. And yes, that was the name given to her at birth. "This is music that changes lives, opens minds, broadens horizons. Carly is an amazing pianist." - ANA "Beautiful and soothing, she will evoke emotion and ease any scattered mind. A talented composer." - SweetieJo "Emotional and inspiring, it grabs your soul and moves you. Highly recommended." - The Rez

Quartet San Francisco "Take Five" (mp3) from "QSF Plays Brubeck" (Violinjazz Recordings) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of Time Out, QSF pays tribute to the mastery of Brubeck with the first-ever all Brubeck string quartet CD! Grammy nominees for their last two releases (2006 and 2007)and International Tango competition winners (New York , 2004), Quartet San Francisco expresses itself in its agility and standout virtuosic playing. Quartet San Francisco is Jeremy Cohen and Alisa Rose , violinists, Keith Lawrence, violist, and Michelle Djokic, cellist. As crossover specialists they excel in multiple styles ó from jazz to tango, pop to funk, blues to bluegrass, gypsy swing to big band and beyond . Nominee, 52nd Annual GRAMMY© Awards Best Classical Crossover Album Best Engineered Album, Classical NPR Weekend Edition, Sunday January 31, 2010 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Stewart Goodyear, David Bilger, Christoph Eschenbach "Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35" (mp3) from "Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2" (The Philadelphia Orchestra) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Album Notes Composer: Shostakovich Piano Concerto Nos. 1 and 2 Composed in 1933 and 1957 Christoph Eschenbach: Conductor Steward Goodyear: Piano Recorded live October 13, 2006, Verizon Hall, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts It is not unusual for performers to play in challenging situations, however few situations are more challenging than the one captured on this recording. In a testament to his skill and artistry, Stewart Goodyear stepped in to play when the featured soloist for this concert canceled on the morning of the first rehearsal. Not only did Goodyear literally hop on a train to make it in time for an afternoon rehearsal, he stepped into the very challenging programmed repertoire without blinking. Two Shostakovitch Concertos on one program? No problem - and they are played with such passion and excitement that it was rightfully lauded in the press as one of the best concerts in recent memory. PRODUCTION CREDITS Producer: Charles Gagnon Balance Engineer: Charles Gagnon Recording Engineer: Charles Gagnon Editor: Charles Gagnon Christoph Eschenbach Bio Photo: Jessica Griffin Stewart Goodyear Bio Photo: Andrew Garn The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach "Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"" (mp3) from "Beethoven: Symphony No. 9" (The Philadelphia Orchestra) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (ìChoralî) Composed from 1822-24: Ludwig van Beethoven Recorded live May 20, 2006, Verizon Hall, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts This is part of Christoph Eschenbach's 2005-06 season Beethoven cycle with the Philadelphia Orchestra. It was originally aired on NPR's Performance Today in a Beethoven "marathon" of consecutive symphonies, and has received wide public and critical acclaim. Of the three in the recorded history of The Philadelphia Orchestra, only the Eschenbach and the Muti are currently available. Album Notes Christoph Eschenbach Conductor Marina Mescheriakova Soprano Jill Grove Mezzo-soprano Vinson Cole Tenor Alan Held Bass-baritone The Philadelphia Singers Chorale David Hayes Music Director

We were recently sent a haunting track from local Los Angeles (Highland Park) based singer-songwriter ANNY CELSI via our friends at IODA, and we haven’t had a chance to get it up until today – the day after Thanksgiving, yet still in the holiday window. This track was apparently being featured in iTunes Essentials’ ‘Thanksgiving […]

Fabio Biondi "Les Quatre Saisons (L'Ete)" (mp3) from "Violon X" (Naive) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This AlbumFabio Biondi – violin:  Born in Palermo, Fabio Biondi began his international career at the age of twelve, performing his first solo concert with the RAI symphony orchestra. Driven early on by an inexhaustible cultural curiosity, Fabio Biondi was introduced to pioneers of the new approach to baroque music, an opportunity that was to expand his musical vision and change the direction of his career. In 1990, Fabio Biondi founded Europa Galante, an ensemble which, in just a few years thanks to their worldwide concert schedule and extraordinary recording successes, became the most internationally renowned and awarded Italian ensemble of baroque music. Fabio Biondi and his ensemble have been invited to play at the most important world festivals and concert halls, from La Scala in Milan to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Lincoln Center in New York and the Sydney Opera House. Lara St. John, The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Eduardo Marturet (Ancalagon LLC) Lara St. John, The Sim√≥n Bol√≠var Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Eduardo Marturet from "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" (Ancalagon LLC) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This AlbumLara St. John – violin: http://www.larastjohn.com/index.phpCanadian-born violinist Lara St. John has been described as "something of a phenomenon" by The Strad and a “high-powered soloist” by the New York Times . She has performed as soloist with the orchestras of Cleveland, Philadelphia, Minnesota, Seattle, Brooklyn, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, the Boston Pops and many more in North America. In Europe, she has played with the NDR Symphony (Hanover), Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Bournemouth Symphony and the Amsterdam Symphony, among others. In Asia, solo appearances have included the Hong Kong Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, China Philharmonic in Beijing, Guangzhou Symphony and the Shanghai Broadcasting Orchestra. Lara has also performed with the Queensland Orchestra in Australia.The Los Angeles Times has written, “St. John brings to the stage personal charisma, an unflagging musical imagination and genuine passion.” Recitals in major concert halls have included New York, Boston, San Francisco, Ravinia, Washington DC, Prague, Berlin, Toronto, Montreal and in the Forbidden City.To learn more about Lara check out her website!  Sara Sant'Ambrogio "Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009" (mp3) from "Bach: Suites for Solo Cello, Vol. 1" (Sebastian Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This AlbumSara Sant'Ambrogio – cello:Grammy Award-winning cellist Sara Sant'Ambrogio first leapt to international attention when she won a medal at the Eighth International Tchaikovsky Violoncello Competition in Moscow, Russia. As a result of this prize, Carnegie Hall invited Sara to perform a recital that was televised nationally, as a part of a CBS News profile. The New York Times described her New York debut as “sheer pleasure”.Sara has appeared as soloist with many orchestras, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Beijing Philharmonic, and Moscow State Philharmonic. She has performed throughout the world at most of the major music festivals and centers such as Aspen, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Hollywood Bowl, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Musikverein in Vienna, Marlboro, Great Mountain in Korea, and Orchard and Suntory Halls in Tokyo.As well as being featured in a broad range of international press, including Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Glamour, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and ABC, Fox, and CNN Networks, Sara has also been the subject of a feature length documentary entitled “Eroica!” which has had multiple airings on PBS. Always trying to expand the audience and push the boundaries for classical music, Sara has shot 4 music videos that have been aired internationally on Classic FM TV and has enjoyed collaborating with artists as diverse as the singer Rufus Wainwright-with whom she inaugurated a new concert series in New York City- to the rock group Vast- with whom she recorded. Sara collaborated with the New York City Ballet playing solo Bach at 7 sold-out shows at Lincoln Center and has had her playing featured on movie soundtracks including her own arrangement of Delibes' duet from Lakme on the soundtrack of the documentary “Jones Beach Boys.”Sara was invited to study with David Soyer at the Curtis Institute of Music at the age of 16 and after receiving her high school diploma from that venerable conservatory she then attended The Juilliard School as a scholarship student of Leonard Rose. While at Juilliard, Sara co-founded the Naumburg Award winning Eroica Trio with 2 childhood friends. One of the most successful chamber ensembles in America, the Trio tours worldwide extensively and has released 8 recordings for Angel/EMI Classics which have been nominated for multiple Grammy's. This is Sara's second recording for Sebastian Records. 

The next installment of Eclectica is: Happy Hallowe'en!-Part 1I have been SO EXCITED about my Hallowe'en episode for Ecltectia!! I've been searching & searching, gathering & re-gathering music for some time now; in anticipation of making a Hallowe'en episode for you, my dear listeners- and all the folks like me who just ADORE the holiday. ^_^ Unfortunately however, my job & my organization of a very large zombie event in DC prevented me from working on it as much as I'd have liked until -after- All Hallow's Eve. :( -But never fear! I will NOT let that stop me from publishing all the fun, fantastic music I've compiled for this illustrious (if now past) occasion! I've been bustin' my butt nights and weekends trying to put this crazy thing together, and I really hope you like what you hear. ^_^I had to divide this super-sized episode into two parts, since when the whole thing was finished it ran a whopping hour and a half! (And there were still tracks I ended up omitting! O.O)First off, as I spend much of each year garnering zombie music to play for the DC Zombie Lurch, we start this episode off with two spiffy songs that're zombie-related! :D Both come from the Podcast Music Network- (as do most of the songs I play here on Eclectica). :)1. Jonathan Coulton - Re; Your Brains2 Tom Smith - Undead Happy TreesNext, a few fun tracks I encountered while scoping out the PMN; one which I don't truly think is about witches, and the other from a longtime favorite of mine- who's a master of the unusual, somewhat creepy, darker sound and wicked, wicked lyrics. ^_^3. Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches4. Tom Waits - How's it Going to End?After that, I HAD to play something from a veritable icon in the Goth/spooky community- Voltaire! (I had the pleasure of seeing him live at CBGB's while I was spending some time in NYC, and he was super-nice. -After his performance I waited in line to speak to him, n' when it was my turn I relayed that I'd been having an uber-crappy day, and how much he'd made it better w/his awesome performance. What'd he do? He hugged me n' gave me a few bits of freebie merch to cheer me up. :):) What a good guy! :D:D)After that comes a terribly appropriately-named band (well, at least where the holiday is concerned- but Hallowe'en or not- ya gotta love it! ;D), w/their even more appropos song "Halloween Girl." ..How could I resist?? ;D5. Voltaire - When You're Evil (Permission given by the artist.)6. Ghosts on the Radio - Halloween Girl Next up, one of my all-time favorite comedians- and you cannot imagine how elated I was to find he had some of his stuff on IODA! :D:D This guy is insanely funny- as long as you're not easily offended. ;) After that, check out this wicked song in the movie "Dead and Breakfast." If you like silly or fun horror mixed w/a bit of conscious cheese and a liberal dose of humour, you're gonna love this flick- and the super music Zachariah supplies for it all throughout the film! :D7. Stephen Lynch - Halloween (Courtesy of the Ioda PromoNet.)8. Zachariah and the Lobos Rider - We're Comin' ta Kill Ya (Permission given by the artist.)Lastly (for this section of the ep. anyway), we have a seriously spooky tale told by a very talented storyteller, whom I've had the pleasure of seeing on a few occassions. He does lots of pieces inspired by the fae, vampires and such, and this is- aside from perhaps one other, just about the scariest piece I've heard of his. So, it's up- and you'll hear the end of it on Eclectica's next installment! *evil grins*9. Joshua Safford - The Midnight Circus -Part One (Permission kindly given by the artist.)If you'd like to know more, see more, and hear more about the talented folks who're featured today (of course you do!!) than click on the links amidst the playlist. The artist's name will be linked to their official web site, and if a myspace page is available for them and/or their work, you'll find that link under the song/piece name. :) All pieces were acquired via the Podcast Music Network, unless otherwise noted.And lastly, if you have any requests, ideas, suggestions or comments about the show, plesae feel free to e-mail me (DJ Selchie) at wytherwiere@hotmail.com.Thanks so much for listening, and I hope you'll come back again soon! ^_^Many Grateful Cheers,DJ Selchie

Well, we had a big, meaty topic planned this week. We figured a short opening, then into the substance. With us, though, even the most menial comments become monsters. We start off with what we planned to be a short discussion on the show music and Warhammer Online, but in no time we're 30 minutes in and still talking about the fantasy genre. Moving on, we wade a bit into the political waters, which always has an element of danger. As we near the close of the show, we talk about the recent improved scoring by 'Elbot' in the Turing test, the dirty Microsoft Santa, and then for a bizarre finale we discuss which creatures in Star Wars are the most appealing...to eat. Enjoy!Opening Music: "Alive WIP v2" by George CarpenterClosing Music: "Blau.ton" by Rauschwerk

Host: Colette Vogele Guest: Corey Denis, Digital Marketing Manager for IODA Bio forthcoming… As Digital Marketing Manager of IODA, Corey’s responsible for Promonet, Digital Marketing, User Advocacy, and for demonstrating the increase of digital sales across the long tail as a result of digital marketing for labels and musicians around the world. Prior to joining IODA in 2005, Corey has had deep roots in independent music, working in the music industry for over 10 years, and worked for five+ years at indie labels, including W.A.R.? - What Are Records?, where she worked in tour promotion, marketing, research, A&R, production and online marketing development. Corey pioneered and nurtured W.A.R.?’s New Media Marketing department which resulted in an increase in digital sales and new online attention for W.A.R.? In addition, Corey has worked creatively with independent filmmakers, as a music supervisory consultant for indie comedies and dramas such as “Virgins? and “The Hand Job.? In 2003-04, she was also responsible for producing and directing Guerrilla Wordfare, a hip hop/ spoken word/ art festival in Boulder, CO. Her blog and music podcast are called Not Shocking. Her blog and music podcast are called Not Shocking. Topics and Questions for Episode 012: Corey Denis, Digital Marketing Manager for the Independent Online Distribution Alliance (more commonly called IODA), gets down to brass tacks and explains Promonet, a service that allows users to place music into their audio or video podcasts (or video blogs, or internet radio program, or zine, or website, or whatever) legally. She explains the service, some of its terms of use, and some issues related to music licensing.

This week's playlist: • Ice Storm by Boo Boo Davis, from East St. Louis (2007), available from Black & Tan Records. Visit BooBooDavis.com and Boo Boo's page at the IODA site for more information. • Sweet Home New Orleans by Phillip Walker, from Going Back Home (2007), available from Delta Groove Productions.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit PhillipWalker.com for more information. • Insecurity by Doc Bates, from Hard Headed Heart (2006). Visit Doc's page at Podshow.com for more information. • Wine, Women & Song by Johnny Ferreira, from Rock & Roll Saxophonist (2006), available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit JohnnyFerreira.com for more information. • One Thing's For Certain by Robert Wuagneux, from It's a 1-Uful World (2003), available from his site. The individual track may be purchased through his page at Broadjam.com. Visit Robert's site, 1-uproductions.com for more information. • Workin' So Hard by Robert Wuagneux, from Love Is Easy (2004), available for purchase through his site. A variety of tracks are also for sale as individual downloads from Robert's download page at Broadjam.com. Visit Robert's site, 1-uproductions.com, for more information. • Poor Man's Train by Gerry Wall, from Winter Grass (2006), available from CD Baby and the iTunes Music Store. Visit GerryWall.com for more information. • Guaranteed Recipe by The Raunch Tones, from Standing Room Only: Songs from the Last Roadhouse (2005), available from Silk City Records and the iTMS. Visit RaunchTones.com for more information. • Hooked On You by Albert Collins, from Cold Snap (1986), available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit Albert's bio page at the Alligator site for more information. • Ya Better Treat Me Right by The Mitchell Blues Band. For more information, visit the band's GarageBand page. Mentioned during this show: Mary4Music.com, one of the very best online blues directories I've ever seen; MarkKerrLtd.com, the home page of Mark Kerr, a smokin' blues guitarist, a great friend to Murphy's Saloon and the host of the Mark Kerr's Blues Nation podcast; James Carlyle's podcast Hambone's Blues Rumshack, which originates in the Shetland Islands; and Chicago radio demigoddess Cara Carriveau's podcast, Cara's Basement. Excellent online resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #70 courtesy of the artists and the PROMONET program of the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, the Podsafe Music Network or Garageband.com)

[Show Notes Link]Direct Download Link | | Direct download link All IODA, all SXSW. This is a direct sampling of six artists from the IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash. I caught wind of this the other day and thought it would make for a great episode for this month’s six song. You might call it lazy, but I explain more as we go along. By the end of this one, I hope you find new music and new reasons why you should check out SXSW SXSWIODAVate (mexican electronica) – Creator of all bed music used by RZ Artist Links: Canada – beige stationwagonThe Black Angels – the sniper at the gates of heavenHoneycut – shadowsApostle of Hustle – national anthem of nowhereUncut – out of sightThe Twilight Sad – cold days from the birdhouse Subscribe: RSS Podcast Feed Subscribe on iTunes © Copyright Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0), RadioZoom (John Bollwitt)

Welcome to the show it is August 2nd and this is our 159th show. Today will be an interview with Corey Denis with IODA at http://www.iodalliance.com/