Host Julie Amacher provides an in-depth exploration of a new classical music release each week.
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New Classical Tracks Extra: Lara Downes
So, what does it really mean to be an exile? That's a question pianist Lara Downes tries to answer with her latest recording. Exiles' Café is a collection of 19th and 20th century solo piano works written by composers in...Rachel Barton Pine is never at a loss for new musical projects. Her latest, titled Violin Lullabies, is one she's had in the back of her mind for years. More
Lara Downes's new disc, "Exiles' Cafe," explores music by composers who have left their homelands -- music that she says speaks of "vanished worlds and altered lives." More
The singers of Stile Antico perform without a conductor, and achieve a choral sound that has made them one of the most acclaimed new groups of recent years. More