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What's New on WKAR, December 20

Violinist Joshua Bell demonstrates his amazingly versatile music making in his new release Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends

Bell performs with musical luminaries as diverse as Alison Krauss, Chick Corea, Kristin Chenoweth, Placido Domingo, Chris Botti and Gloria Estefan to name a few.  This guy's got some kinda friends!  We'll also bring you the newest Christmas release from the Canadian Brass and much more on this holiday edition of What's New.

Excerpts/Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends/Sony

Excerpts/Surrounded by Angels/Ensemble Galilei/Sono Luminus

Beethoven/Piano Sonata #32/Faliks/MSR Classics

Excerpts/A Child's Christmas in Bethlehem/Bach Choir of Bethlehem/Analekta

Tavener/The Protecting Veil/BBC Symphony, Isserlis, Rozhdestvensky/BBC Music Magazine

Excerpts/Christmas Time is Here/Canadian Brass/Steinway & Sons

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