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Watch Conductor Simon Rattle Turn Into A High-Tech Tangle Of Spaghetti

June 20, 2017 • With the aid of motion capture technology, and an imaginative digital artist, the gestures of the London Symphony Orchestra's conductor are transformed into trippy new animations.

Beethoven Symphonies At Carnegie Hall Via Berlin

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Beethoven Symphonies At Carnegie Hall Via Berlin

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November 23, 2015 • From an all-Beethoven residency week, hear the storied Berlin Philharmonic play the profound Sixth and witty Eighth with conductor Simon Rattle.

Beethoven Symphonies At Carnegie Hall Via Berlin

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Carnegie Hall Live: An Opening Night Gala With The Berlin Philharmonic

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Carnegie Hall Live: An Opening Night Gala With The Berlin Philharmonic

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October 1, 2014 • Stream a performance by the stellar Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Simon Rattle in a program of Rachmaninov, Bruch and Stravinsky with dazzling violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.

Carnegie Hall Live: An Opening Night Gala With The Berlin Philharmonic

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Classical Couples: Sweethearts Sharing The Stage

Soprano Ailyn Perez and tenor Stephen Costello met in music school. Now married, the couple sings together around the world — as in Gounod's Romeo and Juliet at Opera Philadelphia in 2001. Kelly & Massa Photography/Opera Philadelphia hide caption

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Classical Couples: Sweethearts Sharing The Stage

February 11, 2014 • For Valentine's Day, get to know pairs of lovebirds making beautiful music together. "It's always nice to be onstage and get a little alone time — even if there's an orchestra of a hundred and an audience of 2000," says conductor David Robertson, who is married to pianist Orli Shaham.

Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week

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Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week

January 11, 2013 • The Berlin Phil's Simon Rattle says the clock is ticking and the Chicago Symphony's Riccardo Muti has the flu. All the classical music world's news, collected for your pleasure. Plus: Sotheby's lets others sell violins and a tenor gripes about models.

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Best Music Of 2012

NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2012

December 22, 2012 • The albums that sum up our year span genres and borders. From Astro to Wadada Leo Smith, Fiona Apple to Frank Ocean, here are 50 albums that made 2012 great.

ILLuminate (featuring Kendrick Lamar)

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The Best Music Of 2009

Hitting The Sweet Spot: Best Classical Of 2009

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December 18, 2009 • When classical musicians literally play to their own strengths, magic can happen. Hear today's top classical musicians revisit the music they know and love best in recordings chosen by Boston's WGBH.

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First Listen: Brahms In Berlin, The Symphonies

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September 29, 2009 • The four symphonies by Brahms are like four distinct personalities, ranging from the dark and dramatic to the sunny and lyrical. The great Berlin Philharmonic has this music in its blood. Hear the entire new three-disc set, with conductor Simon Rattle, for the week leading up to its Oct. 6 release.

Memorable Moments 2007

Berlin Philharmonic, in Concert at Carnegie Hall

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November 13, 2007 • Invite the world's finest orchestra to play in the world's most famous concert hall, and the makings for a major musical event are in place. Hear the famed Berlin Philharmonic live at Carnegie Hall, playing music by Mahler, as well as an exciting U.S. premiere by Thomas Ades.

Magdalena Kozena's Labor of 'Love And Longing'

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Magdalena Kozena's Labor of 'Love And Longing'

August 7, 2012 • The mezzo-soprano's mastery of expression in a wide variety of music shines on her new album, a collaboration with her husband, conductor Simon Rattle.

Headbanging Bruckner And Debussy In Black And White

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Headbanging Bruckner And Debussy In Black And White

August 5, 2012 • NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.

Headbanging Bruckner And Debussy In Black And White: New Classical Albums

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Bach's St. Matthew Passion: Ritualized And Riveting

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Bach's St. Matthew Passion: Ritualized And Riveting

April 10, 2012 • Watch an excerpt of Peter Sellars' semi-staged "ritualization" of Bach's dramatic passion story.

The Berlin Philharmonic At Carnegie Hall

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Classics in Concert

The Berlin Philharmonic At Carnegie Hall

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February 24, 2012 • Simon Rattle leads a performance of Mahler's immense and searching Second Symphony.

Dinner With The Dead: Simon Rattle Shares Humor With Haydn

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Dinner With The Dead: Simon Rattle Shares Humor With Haydn

November 3, 2010 • The Berlin Philharmonic conductor has a soft spot in his heart for Josef Haydn, who could provide plenty of laughs if the two could share a meal together.

Symphony No. 89 in F major ("Letter W"), H. 1/89 [3. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio]

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