Nov 14 Featured Album Featured Album: Blues Dialogues Rachel Barton Pine’s new album Blues Dialogues is part of a life-long project for the violinist, who grew up in Chicago listening to the blues, as much as classical music. “The blues is almost like my native indigenous music. I just kind of grew up with the Blues in the air being a native Chicagoan. […] By Daniel Gilliam Nov 14 Featured Album Featured Album: Blues Dialogues By Daniel Gilliam
Feb 01 Featured Album Rachel Barton Pine: Elgar and Bruch Rachel Barton Pine’s 36th album (!) features the mysterious and monumental Violin Concerto Op. 61, by Edward Elgar, and the well-known Violin Concerto by Max Bruch Op. 26, by Max Bruch. Daniel Gilliam talked with RBP about her history with each concerto, and the importance of Neville Marriner and Yehudi Menuhin in the album. By WUOL Feb 01 Featured Album Rachel Barton Pine: Elgar and Bruch By WUOL
Jun 08 Artsbreak Rachel Barton Pine creates magic with Paganini Violinist Rachel Barton Pine traverses Paganini’s ground breaking set of 24 Caprices with reverence for the bel canto – or “beautiful singing” – style of the composer’s generation. Playing on the ‘ex-Bazzini, ex-Soldat’ Guarneri del Gesù violin from 1742 – made by the same Cremona-based maker in the same year as Paganini’s own violin – […] By Alan Brandt Jun 08 Artsbreak Rachel Barton Pine creates magic with Paganini By Alan Brandt
Apr 05 audio Adding a New Voice to Bach (Photo credit Lisa-Marie Mazzucco) Violinist Rachel Barton Pine has not only recorded JS Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, she’s also edited the scores for publication. I had the chance to talk to Rachel and ask her about her musical journey with Bach and how her interpretation of his music has changed since she […] By Alan Brandt Apr 05 audio Adding a New Voice to Bach By Alan Brandt
Mar 22 Blog 2015 Spring Membership Drive Premium Internationally acclaimed violinist Rachel Barton Pine has put together a double-disc set album including all of Mozart’s violin concertos and the Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364, and we’re offering it to you with your sustaining membership of $15 or more (or a lump sum gift of $180). For this album Ms. Barton Pine worked with the […] By WUOL Mar 22 Blog 2015 Spring Membership Drive Premium By WUOL
Jan 25 Blog Featured Album & Giveaway: Rachel Barton Pine’s Mozart For her latest album, Rachel Barton Pine worked with legendary conductor Sir Neville Marriner (a “hero” to her) and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields recording all of Mozart’s violin concertos and the Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364. While putting together this double-disc set of concertos was a huge undertaking, even more surprising is […] By Daniel Gilliam Jan 25 Blog Featured Album & Giveaway: Rachel Barton Pine’s Mozart By Daniel Gilliam