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Charting Their Own Paths: Top 5 Orchestral Albums Produced In-house

In these times of instability in the recording industry, more and more Symphony Orchestras (like the Cincinnati Symphony, photographed here) are making their own albums. Cincinnati Symphony hide caption

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Charting Their Own Paths: Top 5 Orchestral Albums Produced In-house

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December 15, 2011 • Once contracted to big labels, orchestras are now releasing their own impressive recordings.

Jascha Heifetz set new precision standards for the classical violin. Sony Classical Archives hide caption

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My Weekend With Jascha Heifetz

March 28, 2011 • The new 103-CD Jascha Heifetz box set presents a vast trove of fantastic fiddling over a seven-decade career, from his first recording session as a teenager to his final recital in 1972.

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Plucked, Bowed, and Hammered Strings Onstage in Florida

January 30, 2008 • This week's From the Top comes from Fort Pierce, Florida, where a Navajo guitarist from Utah plays Tarrega, a twelve-year-old Black-Belt pianist tackles Rachmaninoff, and a 'Six-Handed Monster' trio of pianos plays music from West Side Story. This show originally aired on May 16, 2007.

Plucked, Bowed, and Hammered Strings Onstage in Florida

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Han, Finckel, Kawasaki & Polyakin in Aspen

July 20, 2006 • At this summer's Aspen Music Festival, pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel open with a short piece by Alexander Borodin. Then, violist Masao Kawasaki and violinist Lev Polyakin join Finckel and Han onstage for the closing movement of the Piano Quartet by William Walton.

Han, Finckel, Kawasaki & Polyakin in Aspen

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