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From Hyperpianos To Harmonious Handel: New Classical Albums

Lisa Smirnova studied Handel's suites for five years before recording them. ECM hide caption

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From Hyperpianos To Harmonious Handel: New Classical Albums

NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.

From Hyperpianos To Harmonious Handel: New Classical Albums

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Fathers, Daughters And Fate: Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'

Simon (Dmitri Hvorostovsky, center), on the verge of death, is comforted by Amelia (Olga Guryakova) and Adorno (Marco Berti), in Simon Boccanegra from Houston Grand Opera. Brett Coomer/Houston Grand Opera hide caption

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Fathers, Daughters And Fate: Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'

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Verdi drew inspiration from his own tragic life as a father for a number of his operas, including Simon Boccanegra, where a father-daughter relationship fuels one of his most complex and moving of his tragedies.

'Daughter! At that name I tremble'

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