New Classical Tracks™ with Julie Amacher
Host Julie Amacher provides an in-depth exploration of a new classical music release each week.
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Bonus Tracks
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...Read more...
New Classical Tracks: Modern Mandolin Quartet - Americana Bonus Content
Not all of the content from an episode of New Classical Tracks makes the audio cut. Here is further information and interviews relating to the new disc, Americana by the Modern Mandolin Quartet. The Modern Mandolin Quartet welcomes this...Read more...
New Classical Tracks: Chilly Gonzales - Solo Piano II Bonus Content
Not all of the content from an episode of New Classical Tracks makes the audio cut. Here is further information and interviews relating to the new disc, Solo Piano II by Chilly Gonzales.Read more...
Recent Episodes
New Classical Tracks: Daniel Hope's Space Music
Carl Sagan, Philip Glass, J. S. Bach, Karl Jenkins, Yehudi Menuhin — they all played a role in shaping Daniel Hope's new disc, inspired by the ancient concept of the music of the spheres.June 18, 2013
New Classical Tracks: Conrad Tao's 'Voyages'
A new disc from a 19-year-old pianist includes standards by Rachmaninoff and Ravel, and his own music, some based on the strange dreams he had when going off to college.June 11, 2013
New Classical Tracks: Winter Morning Walks
Dawn Upshaw's new disc demonstrates where the conversation leads when a singer, a composer, and two poets blend their voices.June 4, 2013
New Classical Tracks: A different 'Rite of Spring'
Jon Kimura Parker is trying something different with The Rite of Spring in its centennial year -- recreating this complex orchestral score at the piano.May 28, 2013
New Classical Tracks: Music that changed the world
It's been 100 years since the famous premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps). Simon Rattle talks about its historic opening night, and the music that still packs a punch.May 21, 2013
