Revisiting The Crystal Clarity Created By The 'Decca Sound' Revolution
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit Transcript TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The Decca label, which began as a British record company, pioneered high-fidelity sound and the long-playing...
View ArticleRediscovering The Thrill Of George Balanchine's New York City Ballet
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit Transcript DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. For many years, our classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz says he was...
View ArticleNew Complete Recording Restores A Forgotten Trojan War Musical
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. In 1954, the New York Drama Critics voted "The Golden Apple" the best musical of the year. It was the first time that an...
View ArticleRevisiting Mary Martin's Lighter-Than-Air Exuberance In NBC's 1955 'Peter...
Copyright 2015 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . Transcript TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. In 1955, 65 million viewers watched a live telecast of "Peter Pan," a recreation of the hit...
View ArticleNew Recording Revives Ravel's 'L'Enfant Et Les Sortileges'
Copyright 2016 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Our Classical Music Critic Lloyd Schwartz has a review of the album that just won the Grammy for best...
View Article'No Orpheus' Revisits The Dreams And Passions Of An Aging Mother
Copyright 2016 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . Transcript TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Our classical music critic, Lloyd Schwartz, is also a poet. And among our favorite poems of his...
View ArticleMet's 'Unfinished' Exhibit Offers A Glimpse Of The Artistic Mind At Work
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View ArticleStunned Silence, Then A Standing Ovation For 'Let Me Tell You'
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The 63-year-old Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen is relatively little-known in this country. But the charismatic Canadian...
View ArticleHeart-Stopping Production Numbers Make Up For A Thin Plot In 'An American In...
Copyright 2016 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Our classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz lives in Boston and caught the beginning of the national tour of...
View Article'Shakespeare In Music & Words' Marks 400 Years Since The Bard's Death
Copyright 2017 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. This year marked the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Before time runs out on the international...
View Article'Film' And 'Notfilm' Showcase The Collaboration Of Buster Keaton And Samuel...
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett wrote the screenplay for only one film and made his only...
View ArticleNewly Released Collection Reveals Complex Artistry Of Pianist Artur Schnabel
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. You can count our music critic Lloyd Schwartz among the many music lovers who consider Artur Schnabel the...
View ArticleExhibit Highlights The Work Of The Late Avant-Garde Artist Florine Stettheimer
Copyright 2017 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The colorful American artist Florine Stettheimer is not a household name, but she was part of some of the...
View ArticleBrazilian Pianist Nelson Freire Brings An Uncannily Delicate Touch To 'Brahms'
Copyright 2017 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The Brazilian pianist Nathan Freire (ph) is one of classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz's favorite...
View Article'Maria Callas Live' Celebrates The Astonishing Range Of A Legendary Soprano
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The career of soprano Maria Callas was relatively short. She died in 1977 at the age of 53, and most of...
View ArticleCD Set Offers A Long, Satisfying View Of The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. This season, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating its 175th birthday with a 65-CD set,...
View ArticleViolinist Johnny Gandelsman Infuses Bach's 'Sonatas & Partitas' With Joy
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin are as big a test for a violinist as his cello suites are for...
View ArticleElla Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong Go 'Cheek To Cheek' On A New 4-Disc Set
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. In the years since Ella Fitzgerald would have turned a hundred, there have been many tributes to this...
View ArticleNew Bethany Beardslee Release Heralds The Golden Age Of German And Viennese...
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The American soprano Bethany Beardslee is best-known for her performances of the most avant garde concert...
View ArticleYo-Yo Ma Presents Bach As A Wise And Spellbinding Storyteller In 'Six...
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. For most cellists, the holy grail of the cello repertoire is the set of six suites Bach composed for solo...
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