In December 2000, KRCU general manager Greg Petrowich and "Sunday Night at the Opera" host Barbara Herbert drove to Poplar Bluff, Mo., in a pickup truck on a mission to bring more classical music to ...
Considering the death of the classical CD, the past, present and future seemed to be healthfully represented on disc in 2014, particularly at Deutsche Grammophon, the long-time classical class act.
Old women in the rural areas are singing this kind of melody.” The remarkable thing about this live recording is how exactly ...
Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. The observation is not just Orgel’s. There is ...
The University Library at UC Santa Cruz has received a gift of 2,700 classical CDs from the personal collection of the late Jesse C. Rabinowitz, a distinguished emeritus professor of molecular and ...
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If you think physical music is dwindling and it’s all about digital streams, virtual clouds, and confusing metadata, think again… Physical music isn’t dead – and turns out it’s all thanks to lovers of ...
Francisco Fullana is, to my knowledge, the first violinist to record Max Richter’s ingenious Four Seasons Recomposed since the initial outing with Daniel Hope on Deutsche Grammphon (among my favorite ...
Longtime fans of Performance Today will know the name -- and recognize the chipper voice -- of Ted Libbey. For a dozen years, Libbey was Performance Today's primary authority on classical recordings, ...
Ted Libbey is the author of "The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection" and the forthcoming "NPR Encyclopedia of Classical Music." He is heard every week on National Public Radio's ...
Who are the three Bs? What’s the difference between a symphony and an orchestra? Which instruments make up a piano quartet (Hint: It’s not four pianos). If you’re interested in building a classical ...