2006's Top 10 Classical-Music Discoveries, from WGUC NPR
NPR.org , December 12, 2006 · Cincinnati-based NPR station WGUC plays classical music 24 hours a day, reaching out to the genre's newcomers and longtime aficionados alike. WGUC music director Kent Teeters compiled this list of the 10 best classical CD discoveries of 2006.
GEORGIA ROWE: CLASSICAL NOTES: Music director finds there's no place like home Contra Costa Times
THE YEAR 2006 has been busy for Kent Nagano. In recent months, the conductor succeeded Zubin Mehta as music director of Munich's Bavarian State Opera (Germany's largest opera house) and led his inaugural season as music director of the Montreal Symphony. Both debuts were widely acclaimed; in Montreal, church bells tolled for Nagano's opening performance Sept. 6, which was broadcast live on
A little hometown Christmas music Salisbury Post
Marc Hoffman's new CD, "Christmas Time," features two new original songs in addition to a mix of folk, light jazz and classical arrangements of traditional Christmas songs and carols.
St. Marys students create original Christmas music The West Elgin Chronicle
Students at St. Mary’s Catholic School have produced a CD of holiday music. Directed by new music teacher Jim Slee, A Saint Mary Christmas has already sold 250 copies.
CSO trumpeter, NU music prof Chicago Sun-Times
Vincent Cichowicz's family didn't have a musical background, but there were always classical programs playing on the radio when he was growing up in Chicago.
More holiday music USA Today
As a supplement to our critical picks of holiday albums, Ken Barnes and Brian Mansfield add a more comprehensive list of 2006 seasonal releases, with thumbnail descriptions:
Winter songs: New holiday music from Sarah McLachlan, James Taylor, Brad Paisley, Oleta Adams and more Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Records are rated on a scale of one (awful) to five (classic) stars. It's only 10 days till Christmas Eve, so if you aren't listening to holiday music yet, what are you waiting for? Maybe for this roundup of reviews. Without further ado, here's a full stocking of 2006 Christmas CDs.
The air this week Boston Globe
Throughout the week Midnight-5 a.m. Jazz with Bob Parlocha (Mon.-Thurs.) (WGBH: 89.7, wgbh.org) ; Classical music (daily; Sat. to 6 a.m.; Sun. to 8 a.m.) (WFCR: 88.5, publicradionet/wfcr) . . . 5 a.m.-1 p.m. Jazz (daily) (WHRB: 95.3, whrb.org) . . . 7 a.m. Composer of the Week: Mahler (BBC Radio 3: bbc.co.uk/radio3) ( NOTE All BBC Radio 3 programs
Verbatim Ramps Up Shipments of Industry's First Color-background LightScribe CD-Rs Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
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Music Mania Tucson Weekly
Perhaps a box set or two would look good under the tree
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