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Watch Soprano Lisa Della Casa, Strauss And Mozart Specialist, Dies At 93
December 11, 2012 – The Swiss soprano with the sweet and silvery voice was a regular in Vienna and New York.
Listen Remembering Charles Rosen, A Prodigious Pianist And Polymath
December 11, 2012 – The extraordinarily wide-ranging pianist, scholar and essayist died at age 85 on Sunday.
Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week
December 7, 2012 – What you want to know this week, from our ten must-hear albums to Brubeck's take on classical.
Listen Anonymous 4 Marks A Milestone Year, Together And Alone
December 6, 2012 – Composer David Lang's work for the vocal quartet reflects the modern world, not mythology.
Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week
November 30, 2012 – A major move for the NY Phil and back-and-forthing in Minnesota: a guide to what you need to know.
Listen The Peony Pavilion: A Vivid Dream In A Garden
November 30, 2012 – An adapted version of the 16th century Chinese opera will take place at the Metropolitan Museum.
Listen Kennedy Center's New Organ No Longer A Pipe Dream
November 27, 2012 – The Kennedy Center finally replaced its not-quite-up-to-the-task pipe organ.
Listen Do Orchestras Really Need Conductors?
November 27, 2012 – A computer science study shows that conductors play decisive roles in the performance of orchestras.
Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week
November 21, 2012 – The microcosmic movements that move us to a first-timer tweeting from a live classical concert.
Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week
November 16, 2012 – Vänskä pleads for both sides to work together in Minnesota and a monocled (!) tenor signs to DG.
Listen A Veteran's Standing Ovation, 70 Years In The Making
November 10, 2012 – This week, Harold Van Heuvelen finally saw the debut of a symphony he wrote during World War II.
Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week
November 9, 2012 – Lamenting Carter's death, trouble in Spokane and another award for Dudamel: what you need to read.
Watch Always A Rose: Elliott Carter Remembered
November 7, 2012 – Carter's vital new ideas changed 20th-century music. The composer died Monday at 103.
Watch Elliott Carter, Giant Of American Music, Dies At 103
November 6, 2012 – The composer, who won two Pulitzers for his adventurous music, died in New York.
Listen Storm Scores: Finding Poignant Reminders In Water-Damaged Music
November 3, 2012 – A conductor considers scores in her personal library that were struck by Hurricane Sandy.
