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• Walking in the Dark

  Bullock, Julia

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  Julia Bullock won a Grammy for this album, her debut recording.

• Beethoven Blues

  Batiste, Jon

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  Reimagining the transcendent works of Ludwig van Beethoven alongside original compositions inspired by Batiste's youth competing in local piano competitions and gigging in the heart of New Orleans, the album extends timeless classics…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Song

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  Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE is a British cellist who won the 2016 BBC Young Musician award. He was the first black musician to win the competition since its launch in 1978.

• Summertime

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  Isata Kanneh-Mason is a British pianist. She is a frequent collaborator with her brother, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

• Imani Winds

  Winds, Imani

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  Imani Winds is a Grammy® Award-winning American wind quintet based in New York City, United States. The group was founded by flutist Valerie Coleman in 1997 and is known for its adventurous and diverse programming, which includes both…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Leontyne Price

  Price, Leontyne

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  Mary Violet Leontyne Price is an American spinto soprano who was the first African-American soprano to receive international acclaim.

• Marian Anderson (1923-1951)

  Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993

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  Marian Anderson was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in major concert and recital venues throughout the United States and Europe between 1925…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jessye Norman Live

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  Jessye Mae Norman was an American opera singer and recitalist.

• Dreams Of A New Day

  Songs By Black Composers

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  Will Liverman is an American operatic baritone, described by NPR as 'a new, exciting voice in the opera world'. He has performed in several roles at the Metropolitan Opera.

• Uncovered, Vol. 3

  Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker

  Catalyst Quartet (Musical Group)

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  Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was an American composer whose interests spanned the worlds of jazz, dance, pop, film, television, and classical music. William Grant Still Jr. was an American composer of nearly two hundred works, including five…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Uncovered, Vol. 2

  Florence B. Price

  Catalyst Quartet (Musical Group)

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  A pioneering figure in classical music, Florence Price broke barriers as the first African-American woman to have her composition performed by a major orchestra.

• Uncovered, Vol. 1

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

  Catalyst Quartet (Musical Group)

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  Born in London to a British mother and a Sierra Leonean father, Coleridge-Taylor rose to prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a classical composer and conductor.

• Steal Away

  the African American Concert Spiritual

  Seraphic Fire (Musical group),

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  The choir in this ensemble features the local countertenor Reginald Mobley.

• Terence Blanchard [Music for Film]

  Brussels Philharmonic (Musical group)

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  Terence Oliver Blanchard is an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He has also written two operas and more than 80 film and television scores. Blanchard has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Original Score for BlacKkKlansman and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Here With You

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  Anthony McGill is a leading soloist and principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic—the first African-American principal player in the organization's history. He is the recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize, one of classical music's most…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Strum

  Music For Strings

  Montgomery, Jessie,

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  Jessie Montgomery, a contemporary virtuoso, stands at the vanguard of classical music, seamlessly blending classical, jazz, and folk genres. Her compositions, including Strum and Starburst, are vibrant reflections of a new age in classical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Julius Eastman, Vol. 1

  Femenine

  Eastman, Julius,

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  Julius Eastman, a pioneering force in minimalism and post-minimalism, defied conventions with provocative compositions. His compositions were characterized by boldness and offered a fresh perspective on the possibilities within the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Songs for Our Times

  Sphinx Virtuosi (Musical Group)

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  Comprised of 18 Black and Latino artists who reflect the highest level of musicianship in America, a critical aim of the Sphinx Virtuosi is to evolve the breadth and impact of classical music through artistic excellence, pioneering…Read moreRead more of this annotation