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Baritone Will Liverman hopes listeners will learn to explore more music by Black composers, just as he did, with his new album, 'Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers.' Don't forget to enter the giveaway for a chance to win a copy of the CD!

Mandolinist Avi Avital hits the reset button on life to switch focus to his new album, 'Art of the Mandolin.' He shares his excitement of bringing together the plucked string family on New Classical Tracks.

Clarinetist Mark Dover and bassoonist Monica Ellis from Imani Winds have created a legacy promoting Black excellence in classical music. Their new recording, 'Bruits,' is no different. Find out more on this week's New Classical Tracks.

Matt Haimovitz finally has his cello back more than a year and a half after breaking it, just in time for the release of a new recording with pianist Mari Kodama.

This week on New Classical Tracks, pianist Orli Shaham talks about the joy she found recording all 18 of the Mozart piano sonatas during the pandemic.

This week on New Classical Tracks, horn player Sarah Willis talks about her project with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra, 'Mozart Y Mambo,' which presents Mozart with a Cuban flair.

Cellist Ofra Harnoy talks about the love for her new home in Newfoundland and how it inspired her album "On The Rock."

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma talks about the feeling and emotions that went into his new album, 'Songs of Comfort and Hope,' and how the music can help us weather the storm of the pandemic.

On New Classical Tracks, we love sharing with you the most exciting new recordings every year. And, when you enter our weekly CD giveaways, you show us how excited you are about these recordings, too. Find out which albums made the list of 10 most coveted new releases of 2020.

This week on New Classical Tracks, Deondra and Greg Brown from the 5 Browns share the joy and pain of revisiting childhood memories for the group's new album.

This week on New Classical Tracks, violist Milena Pajaro Van de Stadt from Dover Quartet shares the joy of revisiting the Beethoven String Quartets for the group's upcoming album.

This week on New Classical Tracks, conductor Desmond Earley talks about his new holiday album with the Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, and how important our shared American/Irish traditions can be to music.

Celebrating Beethoven's 250th, this week on New Classical Tracks, we revisit Stephen Hough discussing the recording process of his latest release, a 3-CD set of Beethoven's piano concertos, and how he made them relevant to the 21st century.

Cellist Jonah Jim and pianist Sean Kennard team up to record their first album together while reminiscing about studying at the Curtis Institute of Music.

It has been about 10 years since Helene Grimaud has recorded any Mozart. Her latest release generates a fascinating dialogue between Mozart and the Ukrainian-born contemporary composer Valentin Silvestrov.

This week on New Classical Tracks, Brandon Patrick George talks about his debut solo album, challenging what you think about the flute, and performing with the Imani Winds.

Violinist Midori's new Beethoven release with the Festival Strings Lucerne was supposed to be a live recording. But that performance got canceled due to COVID, so they made a studio recording instead.

This week on New Classical Tracks, Christopher Tin talks about his collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 'To Shiver the Sky,' that ethereally outlines the history of mankind's quest to fly.

Composers can find inspiration in many places. This week on New Classical Tracks, composer Michael Torke talks about how his release, 'Being,' blends classical stylings with EDM.

This week on New Classical Tracks, learn about iSing Silicon Valley, a choral education program for school-aged girls, and their new release, 'Here I Stand.'