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New Releases Apr. 22: Bach, Brahms, Price, Satie, and more

Deep dives into composer catalogues this week, with album-length surveys of music by Bach (in two recordings), Brahms, and Satie. Plus a record juxtaposing quintets by Florence Price and Antonín Dvořák. And we hear from contemporary composers Rami Levin and Michael Daugherty.

WFMTFebruary 1, 2023

2023 Grammy Winners & Nominees in Classical, Jazz, Soundtrack, and More

Associated PressFebruary 1, 2023

World champion says Rubik’s Cube and violin go hand in hand

Adela SkowronskiFebruary 1, 2023

Tracing the Life and Career of Chicago Icon Mavis Staples

A picture of violins or fiddles hanging in a luthier shop, with the middle orange-brown colored violin in sharp focus.

What Makes a Fiddle?

Adela SkowronskiMarch 27, 2024

While “violin” exists only as a noun, the word "fiddle" also carries multiple meanings beyond just the instrument.

commemorative plaques pay tribute to victims of the Ardeatine Massacre

Italy marks 80th anniversary of WWII-era massacre in Rome with a concert honoring the dead

Associated PressMarch 25, 2024

Riccardo Muti conducted the Italian premiere of William Schuman’s Ninth Symphony, which the composer wrote after visiting the site of a 1944 massacre in Rome.

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