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The Best Music Of 2009

Classics Off The Beaten Path In 2009

American Public Media

December 9, 2009 • In keeping with the musically offbeat direction of his weekly show ("The New Releases") on Minnesota Public Radio, host Michael Barone introduces 10 overlooked but excellent classical albums from 2009.

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Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro'

July 13, 2007 • The brilliant soprano Anna Netrebko stars in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, an opera with a slapstick surface that hides deeply emotional roots. The production is from the Salzburg Festival.

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Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte'

May 4, 2007 • Mozart's masterpiece Cosi fan tutte is billed as a comedy, but it often leaves romantically inclined listeners feeling just a little bit queasy. It comes to us from the Salzburg Festival, in a production featuring the Vienna Philharmonic.

An Introduction to Mozart's 'Cosi'

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The Vienna Philharmonic At Carnegie Hall

Lorin Maazel conducting Mozart's Symphony No. 40 — with no score — live at Carnegie Hall on March 3, 2012. Melanie Burford for NPR hide caption

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Classics in Concert

The Vienna Philharmonic At Carnegie Hall

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March 1, 2012 • Lorin Maazel leads the revered orchestra in Mozart's Symphony No. 40 and his own 'Ring Without Words' — Wagner's 'Ring' whittled down to 70 singer-free minutes.

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Brahms' 4th Symphony At Full Strength

August 11, 2009 • Whenever the reclusive Carlos Kleiber conducted an orchestra, it was a major event. Hear him bring out all the pent-up emotions in Brahms' final symphony, with the help of the Vienna Philharmonic.

Ted Libbey And Fred Child Recommend Brahms' Fourth Symphony

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Music Lists

Thomas Hampson's Hand-Picked Mahler

July 6, 2010 • To mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth, baritone Thomas Hampson hand-picks his favorite recordings and reflects on a career performing the vocal music of Gustav Mahler.

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Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85

Fresh Air

May 24, 2010 • He's been at the forefront of contemporary music and conducting for more than half a century. Marking his 85th birthday this spring, a number of new Boulez CDs and DVDs have been released. Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews three of the latest.

Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85

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