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Revved-up Vivaldi, Persian Bamboo And Soaring Spirituals: New Classical Albums

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Revved-up Vivaldi, Persian Bamboo And Soaring Spirituals: New Classical Albums

June 30, 2013 • From an intriguing East meets West merger to Vivaldi played with velocity, NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Jacki Lyden explore a wide range of new classical releases.

Revved-up Vivaldi, Persian Bamboo And Soaring Spirituals: New Classical Albums

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Ensemble Matheus At Carnegie Hall

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March 6, 2013 • Hear a top French chamber orchestra bring passionate life to operatic works by Vivaldi, Handel and the little-heard Nicola Antonio Porpora — a composer who was once Handel's rival.

Ensemble Matheus At Carnegie Hall

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And RuPaul Is From Poulenc

January 4, 2013 • Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.

Max Richter Recomposes 'The Four Seasons'

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Max Richter Recomposes 'The Four Seasons'

November 21, 2012 • The composer has done a brave thing for any artist in any medium: He's messed with a classic, specifically, Vivaldi's most famous four violin concertos. Richter says he had "to figure out how much Max and how much Vivaldi there was going on at every moment."

Max Richter Recomposes 'The Four Seasons'

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Around The Classical Internet: July 20, 2012

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Deceptive Cadence

Around The Classical Internet: July 20, 2012

July 20, 2012 • Mozart in full Technicolor, band camp in Baltimore, and Mahler tans (?) in San Fran: all the classical news that's fit to link.

Talk Like An Opera Geek: The Age Of 'Serious Opera'

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Deceptive Cadence

Talk Like An Opera Geek: The Age Of 'Serious Opera'

February 29, 2012 • Opera seria, with its prescribed plots and extravagant music, dominated 18th-century opera.

Clouds, Concertos And A Trip To Fiji: New Classical Albums

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Clouds, Concertos And A Trip To Fiji: New Classical Albums

December 11, 2011 • NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.

Clouds, Concertos And A Trip To Fiji: New Classical Albums

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Pablo Helguera

Deceptive Cadence

No Child Left Behind, Circa 1690

September 23, 2011 • Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.

Legacy Of An Epic: Vivaldi's 'Orlando Furioso'

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Legacy Of An Epic: Vivaldi's 'Orlando Furioso'

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July 22, 2011 • How Vivaldi — as well as Handel, Haydn and Rossini — made hits out of a single poem filled with passion, violence, mystery and magic.

Hear An Introduction To 'Orlando Furioso'

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Deceptive Cadence

What Are Your Sounds Of Summer?

June 20, 2011 • Do you go with the flow, listening to summer-themed pieces, or do you beat the heat with music that sounds chilly?

Guilty Pleasures: What Music Are You Embarrassed To Love?

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Music Interviews

Janine Jansen: Portrait Of A Rising Violinist

March 4, 2011 • The violinist made a big splash in 2005, when her recording of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons became one of the best-selling albums on iTunes. Since that time, her career has only grown.

Janine Jansen: Portrait Of A Rising Violinist

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Deceptive Cadence

2010 Gramophone Award Winners Announced

October 4, 2010 • The venerable British classical music magazine has announced winners in 24 categories.

William Byrd: "Domine non sum dignus" (The Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood, dir.)

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Concerts

Venice Baroque: Thriving On Vivaldi

GBH News

December 3, 2009 • The Venice-based orchestra specializes in vibrant, even daring performances of music by one of its city's native sons: Antonio Vivaldi. Hear the group, with feisty violin soloist Giuliano Carmignola, play an all-Vivaldi concert at Boston's Emmanuel Church.

Hear Venice Baroque Play Vivaldi In Boston

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Vivaldi: A Man For All Seasons

June 9, 2009 • The Venice Baroque Orchestra, with violin soloist Guiliano Carmignola, brings a dramatic approach to Vivaldi's well-known Four Seasons. The concertos' angular, energetic rhythms celebrate the sound of birdsong and thunderstorms.

Hear Ted Libbey and Fred Child Recommend Vivaldi's '4 Seasons'

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Love And Lunacy: Vivaldi's 'Orlando Furioso'

February 6, 2009 • Vivaldi's dazzling 1727 drama about true love and lost marbles is based on a 16th-century bestseller by Ludovico Ariosto, an epic that inspired nearly three centuries worth of operas.

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A Thanksgiving Feast For The Ears And Eyes

A Classical Thanksgiving Harvest

WVXU News

November 24, 2008 • WGUC presents five tasty tunes to enjoy while readying the feast, and preparing for family and friends on Thanksgiving.

Music Interviews

1,000 Essential Recordings You Must Hear

August 22, 2008 • Covering music from Marian Anderson to ZZ Top, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List covers all genres in its more than 900 pages. It's driven by the notion that "the more you love music, the more music you love." Author Tom Moon submits his picks for the best summer recordings.

1,000 Essential Recordings You Must Hear

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Classics in Concert

Manuel Barrueco: Guitarist For All Centuries

American Public Media

July 8, 2008 • Guitarist Manuel Barrueco invoked the "something old, something new" formula for his concert with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, juxtaposing an 18th-century Vivaldi concerto with a new piece by Roberto Sierra.

Hear Manuel Barrueco In Concert With The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Concerts

Venice Baroque Orchestra In Concert

June 12, 2008 • Under the baton of harpsichordist and Baroque scholar Andrea Marcon, the acclaimed period-instrument ensemble presents a striking program with a heavy emphasis on Vivaldi, featuring virtuoso violinist Giuliano Carmignola.

Venice Baroque Orchestra In Concert

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Music Interviews

Red Priest: Defying Baroque Boundaries

March 1, 2008 • The British band Red Priest, led by nimble-fingered recorder player Piers Adams, plays Baroque music with virtuosity and attitude. The adventurous group challenges perceived notions of how standard works by Vivaldi and others should be performed.

Red Priest: Defying Baroque Boundaries

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Music Lists

Classical Music for the Birds

WVXU News

February 27, 2008 • From cuckoos to roosters, nightingales to goldfinches, composers have long been fascinated with the sounds of birds. Hear how their chirps, twitters, and songs are imitated by the instruments of the orchestra.