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Cecil Taylor's piano lightning bolts are precisely targeted in this 1973 recording
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Cellist Jennifer Kloetzel conquers the Beethoven sonatas

Cellist Jennifer Kloetzel conquers the Beethoven sonatas

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, cellist Jennifer Kloetzel takes on the monumental challenge of recording all of Beethoven’s cello and piano sonatas with her newest three-CD set, ‘Beethoven: The Conquering Hero.’

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Listen: Minnesota Opera performs Rossini's 'La Cenerentola'

Listen: Minnesota Opera performs Rossini's 'La Cenerentola'

Gioachino Rossini’s operatic version of the ‘Cinderella’ story may not have any enchanted mice or pumpkins, but there’s plenty of magic in the music. Listen to the Minnesota Opera’s 2010 performance of ‘Cinderella’ now.

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Listen to Jóhann Jóhannsson's 'gift from the great beyond'
For classical pianist Jeremy Denk, life is like a series of music lessons
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At the Broadway Makers Marketplace, theater fans find both crafts and community
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Best Original Score Oscars 1970s and 1980s
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At 97, pianist Ruth Slenczynska has a new album — and plenty of stories
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Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova leaves Bolshoi Ballet in protest of Russian invasion
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