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Music Programming on KPR - classical CD Giveaway |
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This week's CD: Cellist Zuill Bailey and pianist Simone Dinnerstein have recently become Telarc recording artists; both have played recently in the KPR listening area. On this week's 2-CD set, Bailey plays all six of Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.
Find out more about Zuill Bailey by going to the artist's website.
 (Courtesy of Telarc Records) | Last week's CD:
 Congratulations to Joanne from Las Vegas, Nevada, winner of last week's prize. Naxos Records has issued a 10-CD set of classical music featured in films. This week's CD is ninth in the series.
Composers include Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Verdi, Beethoven and others from films such as Excalibur, Fantasia, A Night at the Opera, Dead Poets Society, and more. (Courtesy of Naxos Records)
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