No it isn’t MLK or Barrack Obama. This distinction has gone, not to a civil rights activist or politician, but to a musician!

According to CNN.com, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington will be the first African American to be featured on a[more...]

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What was the first orchestral/chamber/solo/opera recording that you remember buying? What made you buy it? Do you still have it? Have your tastes changed since that first “bite”? For me the first CD that I remember buying on my own,[more...]

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Bach: Violin Concertos / Julia Fischer, ASMF.  A couple of weeks ago I downloaded Julia Fischer’s new CD from iTunes.  It it currently in heavy rotation in my iTunes library.  I am becoming more and more a fan of Bach, and Concerto for 2[more...]

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For the next two weeks, there’ll be a lot to keep your ears busy on Classical 88 one’s “New at Noon.” And while you listen, you can conjure up all manner of elaborate choreography on your mental stage.

“Best Ballet 100″[more...]

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Earlier this week my Significant Other Marianne asked me for a definition of “Classical Music”. I fumbled and stumbled through an attempt but at the end I looked at her and got the feeling that she thought I was not[more...]

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