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• Free Download - Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas by HJ Lim
  HJ Lim is an extraordinary young pianist who, for her EMI Classics debut album, has recorded all of the Beethoven piano sonatas. Sonata No. 30, Op. 109 is available as a free download.May 16, 2012
• Music with Minnesotans: John Pastor
  University of Minnesota Biology professor John Pastor's name in Hungarian is Janos Pasztor and he brings a creative mix of Hungarian music and musicians.May 16, 2012
• New Classical Tracks - The Jazzy, Challenging, Elegant Gershwin
  JoAnn Falletta focuses on George Gershwin in her latest disc. She talks about the myriad qualities she finds in his music.May 15, 2012
• Morning Glories - Five Busy Singing B's
  This week's episode of Morning Glories is brought to you by the letter B. Weekdays at 10 a.m., hear choral works by Bach, Britten, Beethoven, Bruckner and Brahms.May 14, 2012
• First Listen: Hilary Hahn and Hauschka - 'Silfra'
  Hilary Hahn recorded her new album 'Silfra' in Iceland with a Dusseldorf-based composer and pianist by the name of Hauschka. The album unfolds like half-remembered scenes from dreams. Hear 'Silfra' in its entirety on Classical MPR.May 14, 2012
• George: An Appreciation - An Essay by Bill Morelock
  Last week I filled in for Fred Child on Performance Today for a few days. One day the show featured George Gershwin's Concerto in F, played by a Quebecois pianist named Alain Lefevre.May 14, 2012
• MaLLy performs in The Current studios
  If there's one artist in the Twin Cities who has steadily increased their recognition and popularity, it's probably MaLLy. Malik Watkins is only in his mid-20s, but his reputation has been bolstered by encouragement from the Rhymesayers crew and old friends from the high-school days that now collaborate with him side-by-side.May 13, 2012
• Bloodnstuff performs in The Current studios
  Local duo Bloodnstuff has been gathering accolades the past few months for their raucous live show. While many might think they're a new band on the circuit, Ed Holmberg and Dylan Gouert have actually been playing around for almost ten years, finessing a craft that has seen many incarnations.May 13, 2012
• Flicks in Five: "Baby Mine" from Dumbo
  I wanted to pick just the "right" movie and composer for Mother's Day to pay tribute to the love, devotion and loyalty that epitomizes motherhood. There were so many movies, it was hard to choose: "Steel Magnolias", "I Remember Mama", "Little Women" in it's many movie incarnations. Then in a flash my favorite song about Moms came to mind, and a "real" Mom isn't involved. From the WWII-era "Dumbo", we hear Barbara Cook sing the Oscar Winning "Baby Mine." Bring the tissues!May 12, 2012
• Father John Misty performs in The Current studios
  Father John Misty may be a relatively new project, but the man behind it has been around for a few years now, playing in one of indie music's greatest break-out bands. J. Tillman used to drum for the mighty Pacific-Northwest act Fleet Foxes, but left the group this year to pursue his own endeavors, trading in the rootsy, experimental folk for more of a vintage rock sound.May 11, 2012
• Regional Spotlight: Eric Himy
  Think of it as the afterglow of a year-long celebration of the life and music of Franz Liszt. Pianist Eric Himy performs an all Liszt program from last December at the Landmark Center in St Paul in this week's Regional Spotlight.May 10, 2012
• Roman Totenberg's Remarkable Life And Death
  My father, world-renowned virtuoso violinist and teacher Roman Totenberg, whose professional career spanned nine decades and four continents, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 101.May 9, 2012
• Music with Minnesotans: Bonnie Marshall
  Bonnie Marshall is the VP of Development for the American Composers Forum. Her sumptuous playlist is music by living, breathing composers who are successfully making music today.May 9, 2012
• Review: Beach House - Bloom
  Over the last six years, Baltimore-based duo Beach House has quietly honed a lovely, enveloping sound. On their fourth album, "Bloom," out next week on Sub Pop, the band delivers the best music of their career.May 8, 2012
• The Music of Mass Effect 3 on Top Score
  Three of the composers from Mass Effect 3 join Emily Reese for a conversation about their music on the newest episode of Top Score from Classical MPR.May 8, 2012

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