Just Opened - August 14, 2015 - Suite and Hot Keyboard Central
Today our featured CD is a new orchestral arrangement of the beloved Claude Bolling Jazz Suite for Flute, Piano, and... orchestra. We continue our "Animal Attraction" theme with a new CD of modern...
View ArticleThe Importance of the Teaching Relationship in Music
As our regular listeners will know, for many years during interviews, one of my standard questions for musicians has been about the teacher/student relationship. Many great artists who achieve success...
View ArticleJUST OPENED - August 21, 2015 - Bach and Beyond
Today we have a grounding of Basic Bach and then make musical excursions all over the place, with a healthy dose of new Choral Music created (as with most of Bach's music) for religious...
View ArticleJust Opened - August 28, 2015
Wagner and World music today on Just Opened... with a bit of Poulenc thrown in for spice!ORIGINSKontras QuartetMSR 1537ISBN#6 81585 15372 7Official website for Kontras QuartetWorks that are alternately...
View ArticleJust Opened - Sept. 4, 2015
Alan Feinberg's new CD exploring Fugues of the Baroque era contrasted with the new music of David Crumb. The music of Brahms compared with new music of Andrea Clearfield. And the musical history of...
View ArticleJust Opened - September 18, 2015
Today we have works that recognize the celebration Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a new major release from Itzhak Perlman and Emanuel Ax of beloved traditional violin sonatas, two more great pianists -...
View ArticleJust Opened - Sept. 25, 2015
THE SINGING OBOERomantic German Lied TranscriptionsAndrew Parker, oboeAlan Huckleberry, pianoMSR 1514ISBN# 6 81585 15142 6My Delight of the Week! Classics Today (reviewer Jed Disler): "Not only does...
View ArticleJust Opened - Oct. 2nd, 2015
Favorites from many time periods today on Just Opened.ALEXANDRE PIROJENKOPiano works by Debussy, Ravel & Kapustinwww.alexandrepirojenko.comA commanding release of beloved familiar works by Debussy...
View ArticleJust Opened - October 9, 2015 Fall Fundraising Drive
This is the first Friday of our Fall Fundraising Drive. You know the drill... if you love great "classical" music, and you want to be sure it is available in local programming on WSCL (shows like Just...
View ArticleJust Opened - Oct. 23, 2015
This week on Just Opened, we have three "big" releases, by violinist Anne Akiko Myers and the London Symphony Orchestra, a new solo release from pianist Lang Lang, and Rachel Barton Pine picking up the...
View ArticleSpellbound trivia...
Our After the news at Noon series this month is "Spellbound" music about witches, enchantment, goblins, gnomes, devils and all things leading up to a celebration of Halloween.Today, while playing a...
View ArticleJust Opened - Oct. 30, 2015 - Composer focus.
Exciting performers from the concert world presenting beloved time tested works and a few new works, too, with a focus on the Composers: Bach, Puccini, Ravel, and Lieuwen.J.S. BACH THE CELLO...
View ArticleJust Opened - Nov. 13, 2015
Traditional classics juxtoposed with new works today on Just Opened.BEETHOVENSymphony No. 5 & No. 7Manfred Honeck, Music Dir.Pittsburgh Symphony Orch. REFERENCE RECORDINGS 718ISBN # 0 30911 27182...
View ArticleJust Opened - Nov. 20, 2015
Today we open up Sharon Isbin's latest major release, a dependable holiday treat of Bach's lute suites played by this guitar master. Hornist Denise Tryon displays her virtuosity in (mostly) new works...
View ArticleJust Opened, December 4, 2015 - The Christmas Releases Begin!
We begin working in Christmas releases this week, mixed with the usual melange of great music, Just Opened!CINEMAAndrea Bocelli, tenorAbbey Roads Studio OrchestraDavid Foster, piano, arrangs. &...
View ArticleJust Opened, December 11, 2015 - Hanukkah & Christmas
We're now well into Hanukkah this year, but have an interesting new release called "Shiksa" from internationally renowned violinist Lara St. John - so how could we resist? The Complete Beethoven...
View ArticleJust Opened, December 18, 2015 - Christmas Music!
A wide variety of Christmas music and new releases today. For your holiday gift lists and listening for years to come!ON AN OVERGROWN PATHLyrical Strings DuoLucie Zalesakova, violinStephen Osserman,...
View ArticleJust Opened, December 1, 2016
UNDISCOVERED CHORAL GEMSThe Composer's ChoirDaniel Shaw, Art. Dir.CCR #43416ISBN# 0 61297 43416 9Available for download on multiple resources online About the Composer's ChoirDaniel Shaw has served on...
View ArticleJust Opened, January 8, 2015 - 5 in the chamber
Mostly Chamber works today on Just Opened, with an older release tossed in that is new to our library, with a special focus on music inspired by traditional works of the orient, and spanish...
View ArticleJanuary 22, 2016
Many of our releases today feature women in Music, the Cecilia String Quartet, pianist Klara Min, and composer Stacy Garrop put forth a strong case for serious accomplished women. Overall, today's...
View ArticleJust Opened, January 29, 2016
Old, New and Happy New Year! Today on Just Opened.2016 NEW YEAR'S CONCERTVienna PhilharmonicMariss JansonsSONY 5174802ISBN# 8 88751 74802 6Vienna Phil. websiteMy Delight of the Week! If you feel as I...
View ArticleJust Opened, Feb. 12, 2016
Today we have contrasts of traditional music and contemporary works, and some food for thought about inclusion in the arts.STEAL AWAYThe African American Concert SpiritualSeraphic FirePatrick Dupre...
View ArticleJust Opened - February 19, 2016
New music in a variety of forms and traditional works performed with freshness and new intention.SAMPLINGSNew Music for Bassoon & PianoMatthew Morris, bassoonMSR 1547ISBN# 6 81585 15472 4more about...
View ArticleJust Opened, Feb. 26, 2016 - Folk Traditions
Today on Just Opened, we explore music from many folk traditions: lush orchestral arrangments of celtic songs and other popular music featuring formal Royal Harpist Claire Jones, very early folk music...
View ArticleJust Opened March 4, 2016
SYMPHONY & CREATIONSFOR ORGAN & ORCHESTRAKent Nagano, cond.Montreal Symphony OrchestraOlivier Latry, organist emeritus of the MSOANALEKTA 8779ISBN# 7 74204 87792 7The official premier...
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