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This week on New Classical Tracks, Olivia Diercks and Karla Colahan of the violin-cello duo the OK Factor share insights into their new release, 'Love, the OK Factor: Lullabies and Love Songs.'

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This week on New Classical Tracks, English horn player Cally Banham and her band Cortango are joined by members of the St. Louis Symphony on 'Cor Christmas,' featuring festive arrangements of holiday favorites -- with a few surprises on the way.

This week on New Classical Tracks, Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo's Fire celebrate 'Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain' with traditional Celtic folk carols and later adaptions from the heart of Appalachia.

This week on New Classical Tracks, male vocal ensemble Chanticleer celebrates its 40th anniversary. Its latest release, 'Then and There, Here and Now,' takes a look back at the ensemble's history, and includes everything from Renaissance music to gospel and beyond.

This week on New Classical Tracks, the Danish String Quartet kicks off a 5-CD project connecting the dots from Bach to Beethoven and beyond. 'Prism I' traces the influence of a Bach fugue through Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 15 and Beethoven's String Quartet No. 12.

This week on New Classical Tracks, violinist Hilary Hahn revisits the music of Bach, finding new ways of looking at favorite works that have been at the heart of her life for decades.

This week on New Classical Tracks, composer Patrick Hawes describes the inspiration behind his latest work, 'The Great War Symphony,' which received its U.S. premiere this past Veterans Day to mark the 100th anniversary of the World War I armistice.

This week on New Classical Tracks, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra showcase the nuances of Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony, together with a warm and light interpretation of Strauss' Horn Concerto No. 1.

This week on New Classical Tracks, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers talks about her collaborations with composers Philip Glass, John Corigliano, Morten Lauridsen and others for her latest release, 'Mirror in Mirror.'

In his new recording with Noreen Polera, cellist Amit Peled brings Brahms' cello sonatas to life on the instrument of Pablo Casals.

This week on New Classical Tracks, Rachel Barton Pine talks about her connection to the blues and shares some extraordinary music by black composers featured on her latest album, 'Blues Dialogues.'

Opera singer Nadine Sierra became the youngest winner of the Metropolitan Opera Council auditions at the age of 21. This week on New Classical Tracks, she explores the immigrant experience with her new recording, 'There's a Place for Us.'

Mark McKenzie has orchestrated music for more than 100 films and composed 25 original scores. His latest film, 'Max and Me,' tells the true story of a priest who struggled to keep compassion alive in Nazi-occupied Europe, and features performances by Joshua Bell and the London Singers.

This week on New Classical Tracks, pianist Kirill Gerstein dives into the music of George Gershwin. His latest recording, 'The Gershwin Moment,' features live performances of 'Rhapsody in Blue,' the Piano Concerto in F and more with the St. Louis Symphony and conductor David Robertson.

This week on New Classical Tracks, Boston-based ensemble, A Far Cry, explores the music of Prokofiev, Britten and Mozart in 'Visions and Variations.'

This week on New Classical Tracks, the Tesla Quartet performs works by Haydn, Ravel and Stravinsky on its debut album.

After a concert with the United States Marine Band, John Williams fell in love with arranging his famous movie music for wind band. The Dallas Winds, led by conductor Jerry Junkin, celebrates this exciting music on its latest recording, 'John Williams at the Movies.'

The day Ronn McFarlane exchanged his electric guitar for the lute, he discovered a fascinating world of music that he is still exploring today. On his latest recording, 'The Celtic Lute,' McFarlane gets in touch with his Gaelic roots, performing Scottish and Irish music from the Baroque period.

Spanish violinist Francisco Fullana explores the parallels between Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' and Max Richter's 'The Four Seasons Recomposed' on his debut recording.