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

Masterworks Broadway Podcast Theatre celebrates the 2008 revival and cast recording of South Pacific. Join the show’s director, Bartlett Sher, as he discusses what went into the production of the revival and cast recording.

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

The Browns discuss their third recording “Browns In Blue.”

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The Browns discuss their second album “No Boundaries.”

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The Browns discuss their first album “The 5 Browns.”

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

On a very special podcast episode, Leon Fleisher comments on several of his classic tracks taken from “The Essential Leon Fleisher” collection.

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

Masterworks sits down with the great Leon Fleisher to discuss focal dystonia and playing with his left hand.

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The Browns discuss how they music to record.

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

The Browns discuss the true power of music.

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Masterworks sits down with the great Leon Fleisher to discuss the Brahms D Minor Concerto, Schabel, Szell, Bernstein and recording for Epic Records.

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Masterworks sits down with the great Leon Fleisher to discuss his early influences, teachers, recording career and focal dystonia.

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

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

Betty talks about her first recording, 1967.

Betty talks about her musical upbringing and singing.

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

Deondra, Melody and Ryan talk about helping each other out.

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Gregory, Melody and Desirae talk of their early introduction to classical music.

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Deondra, Gregory, Melody, Desirae and Ryan talk about how they found the piano, how they developed their musical impressions, their albums, music and more.

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

On his final podcast installment, Nathan talks about the songs “Jam Tart” and “This Heart That Flutters.”

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On the fourth installment, Nathan talks about the title track “Time,” “The Secret Marriage” (featuring Eldar) and “When You Are Old and Grey.”

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On this special artist focus podcast, The Music of Masterworks features Academy-award winning composer John Corigliano as he discusses the new work “The Red Violin Concerto” and the superb violinist Joshua Bell.

***** iTunes customer review …

“Corigliano’s new Red Violin Concerto is destined to become one of the great concertos of our time…there is something here for everyone.”

- Modern Classic, iTunes - Sept. 2007

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On the third installment, Nathan talks about the title track “Just Before Sunrise,” the wonderful duet “Feels Like Home ” (featuring Kristin Chenoweth) and the deeply profound Gene Scheer composition “Say Anything.”

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On this special artist focus podcast, The Music of Masterworks features violinist Joshua Bell breaking down his work on the Academy-award winning film “The Red Violin” and the new John Corigliano album and composition “The Red Violin Concerto.”

A recent amazon.com customer review …

Five SPECTACULAR Stars!! A marvelous, dramatic live premier performance by the violinist and orchestra and a mesmerizingly adventurous performance by the violinist & pianist duo!! The last time they met, Grammy-award winning violin virtuoso Joshua Bell joined forces with the brilliant classical composer John Corigliano on the soundtrack to the François Gira film “The Red Violin” and it won an Academy Award. That 20 track soundtrack has been re-imagined by Mr Corigliano into a wonderful four movement composition called “The Red Violin Concerto” which is performed here brilliantly by Mr Bell, conductor Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The piece is dedicated to Mr Corigliano’s father. In addition, there is the five movement “Sonata for Violin and Piano” performed by Mr Bell and the amazing pianism of Jeremy Denk.

The ‘Pieces De Resistance’, the best of the best, begin with the Red Violin Concerto’s ‘knock-out’ of a 16 minute multi-layered, multi-tempo “Chaconne” movement that runs the gamut of emotions from ethereal to intense, from arco to pizzacato, beautifully played by Joshua Bell and supported by Ms Alsop and the orchestra. A ‘Tour de Force’ in one movement! That’s followed by ‘castanet’-like accents, skittering notes, and a marvelous dissonant waltz in the second “Pianissimo Scherzo” movement with Mr Bell playing like a dervish, displaying a wonderful tone. And lastly, the thrilling ‘train ride’ of the final “Accelerando” movement with Bell playing hard, fast, and heartfelt amid orchestral cacophony full of surprises. The “Sonata for Violin and Piano” is almost a microcosm of the Concerto with beautiful themes, especially the plaintive “Lento”, taunt violin soliloquies, and technical bowed fireworks abounding. Joshua Bell, Ms Alsop and the orchestra, and Mr Denk are absolutely superb as is the composer Mr Corigliano. Kudos to all concerned!! My Highest Recommendation. Five HUGE Stars

- Amazon.com - Sept. 2007

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

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What are the most profound moments in life? The quiet ones, believes Nathan Gunn, one of today’s most acclaimed baritones. Now, Gunn has made that philosophy the inspiration for his solo CD, Just Before Sunrise.

Mr. Gunn has appeared in internationally renowned opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Paris Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Glyndebourne Festival, and the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. His many roles include the title roles in Billy Budd and Hamlet, Papageno, Guglielmo, Figaro, the Count, and Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles. He also created the role of Clyde Griffiths in the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s new opera, An American Tragedy at the Metropolitan Opera.

On the first of five total podcast episodes, we sit down with Nathan and discuss his musical influences, heroes and the new album.

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

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

IGOR STRAVINSKY AND THE ART OF THE MINIATURE (16’15): throughout his long career, Stravinsky wrote a surprising number of orchestral works that are typically impractical for “normal” concert programs. In this episode of Stravinsky at 1-2-5, independent producer Jackson Braider explores these overlooked gems from the composer’s catalog. John McClure discusses the problem of scheduling a four-minute work for full orchestra and chorus; Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute discusses the labor implications of writing short pieces for hordes of players; and John Heiss of New England Conservatory describes Stravinsky’s brush with the law when he brought a new arrangement of the “Star-Spangled Banner” to Boston.

2. THE RITE OF SPRING OR WHEN LENNY MET IGOR (13’20)
The story of Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), and Stravinsky legendary introduction to Leonard Bernstein.
If ever anything deserved to be called a bolt from the blue, then surely it’s The Rite of Spring. At its premiere in Paris in 1913, this ballet provoked a riot; six months later, its composer, Igor Stravinsky, was the darling of the Paris scene.

That’s what happens when you create a sensation. People talk; they share stories. And over the next half century The Rite of Spring provoked many stories — about Stravinsky and his genius, about his artistic vision, about how Stravinsky left Leonard Bernstein speechless the one and only time they met.

As part of Stravinsky at 1-2-5, a series celebrating the 125th anniversary of the composer’s birth, producer Jackson Braider tells some stories from the life of The Rite of Spring, or “When Lenny met Igor.”

Featuring music from:

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

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Leonard Bernstein

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Featuring interviews with:
John Heiss, Professor of Composition and Music Theory at The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston
John McClure, Igor Stravinsky’s producer at Columbia Masterworks

Listen to the fascinating story of how the first complete version of Stravinsky conducting Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale came to be.
Features interviews with Stravinsky’s producer John McClure, reissue Executive Producer Warren Wernick, 1961 session musicians and more.
Hosted and produced by Jackson Braider.

Igor Stravinsky, Jeremy Irons, Columbia Chamber Ensemble, Robert Craft

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

In this episode of the Masterworks Podcast, jazz phenom Eldar talks about creating the sound for “re-imagination,” which is in stores today.

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Music featured in this episode includes selections from:

Eldar

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In this episode of the Masterworks Podcast, jazz phenom Eldar explores his new release “re-imagination” which is in stores on June 5th.

More information about Eldar can be found on http://www.eldarjazz.com/

Music featured in this episode includes selections from:

Eldar

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We know it’s been awhile, but we’ve returned with a preview of what’s to come from the Masterworks Label podcast.

You can find out about all of our podcast series by clicking over to our official website.

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Yo-Yo Ma

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