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September 27, 2013 • Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.

Talk Like An Opera Geek: Musical Signposts

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Talk Like An Opera Geek: Musical Signposts

February 1, 2012 • Opera singers must obey the musical traffic signals, knowing an accelerando from a rallentando.

Talk Like An Opera Geek: In the Basement With The Basses

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Talk Like An Opera Geek: In the Basement With The Basses

January 18, 2012 • With opera's subterranean serenaders, it's important to know a basso buffo from a basso profondo.

Around The Classical Internet: July 8, 2011

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Around The Classical Internet: July 8, 2011

July 8, 2011 • A tempest at Opera North, protests in New York and in Strasbourg and Hannibal Lecter's waltz: all the classical news that's fit to link.

Around The Classical Internet: July 8, 2011

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Mussorgsky's 'Pictures' Goes Multimedia

August 21, 2009 • Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and visual artist Robin Rhode are out to reframe Modest Mussorgsky's classic suite for solo piano, Pictures at an Exhibition. For the upcoming world premiere, the pianist will be surrounded by seven video screens as he plays the music.

Mussorgsky's 'Pictures' Goes Multimedia

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It's Time To Party: Summer Songs

Classical Party: A Summer Night To Remember

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August 6, 2009 • Summer may seem like the shortest of seasons, but at least the evenings are long and warm. As we wend our way into August, when the sticky air makes it easy to forget how little time remains until fall, here are five pieces by classical composers who embraced summer nights. Here's hoping the music signifies both summertime and celebration the next time you spend a hot night entertaining guests.

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Horowitz Rediscovered At Carnegie Hall

July 28, 2009 • Before he died, the great pianist donated a treasure trove of privately made recordings to Yale University. Now some of those very public recitals are being issued on CD, including searing 1940s performances from Carnegie Hall.

Horowitz Rediscovered At Carnegie Hall

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Musical Psychoanalysis: 'Boris Godunov'

February 13, 2009 • The quintessential Russian opera, Boris Godunov explores a centuries-old murder mystery, while probing the psyche of its tormented title character.

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'Boris Godunov' from Vienna

July 6, 2007 • Mussorgsky's sprawling drama Boris Godunov is actually an intimate, psychological portrait played out on an epic scale. It comes to us from the Vienna State Opera, with bass Ferruccio Furlanetto in the title role.

An audio introduction to 'Boris Godunov,' with host Lisa Simeone

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