Nov 02 Giveaway Featured Album & Giveaway: Lara Downes’ America Again Inspired by Langston Hughes’ “Let America be America Again,” pianist Lara Downes’ latest album on Sono Luminus label explores the rich diversity of music in our country, as an expression of the American dream. You’ll hear the music of Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Morton Gould, Scott Joplin, Angélica Negrón, Florence Price, […] By Daniel Gilliam Nov 02 Giveaway Featured Album & Giveaway: Lara Downes’ America Again By Daniel Gilliam
Sep 13 Giveaway Thibaut Garcia In-Studio and Giveaway Guitarist Thibaut Garcia has been a rising star since winning the Sevilla Internation Guitar competition in 2013 and the Jose Tomas International Competition in 2014. At the age of 22, Garcia has won several international competitions and has a full tour schedule that takes him around the world. While in Louisville for the 2016 University […] By Daniel Gilliam Sep 13 Giveaway Thibaut Garcia In-Studio and Giveaway By Daniel Gilliam
Aug 22 Giveaway Featured Album and Giveaway: Argerich’s Early Recordings Argentine pianist, Martha Argerich’s career was launched in the 1960s with a series of important competition wins and concerts. She won the International Chopin Piano Competition in 1965, and later that year made her debut in the US at Lincoln Center. Around this time she made her first commercial recordings, and these are now being […] By Daniel Gilliam Aug 22 Giveaway Featured Album and Giveaway: Argerich’s Early Recordings By Daniel Gilliam
May 04 Giveaway Featured Album & Giveaway: Goodyear’s Rachmaninoff (Photo credit Andrew Garn for CAMI) Stewart Goodyear follows his first album of concertos on the Steinway & Sons label with two monumental Rachmaninov concertos, recorded with the Czech National Symphony conducted by Heiko Mathias Forster. Listen to the album this week on Classical 90.5 and enter to win a copy for yourself! Loading… By Daniel Gilliam May 04 Giveaway Featured Album & Giveaway: Goodyear’s Rachmaninoff By Daniel Gilliam
Mar 13 Giveaway Giveaway: Joshua Bell “Bach” The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields is known for its prolific recordings, mostly under the baton of Sir Neville Mariner. Violinist Joshua Bell became the ensemble’s music director in 2011, the first since Marriner, and almost immediately launched into recording with the group, starting with Beethoven symphonies 4 & 7, and in 2014 […] By Daniel Gilliam Mar 13 Giveaway Giveaway: Joshua Bell “Bach” By Daniel Gilliam