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Outbreak Diaries: Calif. ICU Nurse Battles COVID-19 In Connecticut

Cynthia Lam is a trauma nurse with experience in war zones. She's now traveled to Connecticut to help take care of COVID-19 patients. She shares her story as part of our Outbreak Diaries project.




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European Shares Tumble On US-China Tensions Over Covid-19

European stocks plunged on Monday after Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. warned of uncertainty ahead due to the coronavirus and billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway Inc completely exited its stakes in the four major U.S. airlines.




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Rose Liberto, North Carolina Nurse, Dies At 64 Of COVID-19

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Rose Liberto, a nurse at Atrium Health North East Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., who died of COVID-19. She was 64.




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German Exports Log Record Fall Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

German exports declined at a record pace in March as widespread lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, or Covid-19, across major economies hurt the demand, official data showed Friday. Exports fell by seasonally adjusted 11.8 percent month-on-month, in contrast to February's 1.2 percent rise, Destatis reported. This was the strongest decline since the beginning of the time series in August




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German Companies See Decline In Sales In 2020 Due To Covid-19 Pandemic: DIHK

Most of the German companies expect decline in sales in the whole year of 2020 as coronavirus related crisis is expected to last longer, a survey from the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, or DIHK, showed Friday.




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ZÁDOR, E.: Sinfonia Technica / Music for Clarinet and Strings / Trombone Concerto (Sólyomi, Fejér, Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV, Smolij) (8.574108)

The music of Eugene Zádor is both warmly expressive and colourful. The composer took great delight in writing for overlooked solo instruments, as his Trombone Concerto, garnished with elements of Hungarian folklore, clearly shows. The easy-going, gypsy-influenced Music for Clarinet and Strings is a beautifully proportioned quasi-concerto. The Sinfonia Technica, composed much earlier when he was living in Vienna, and something of a one-off, is an enchanting and exuberantly orchestrated example of ‘industrial music’.




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WEINBERG, M.: Clarinet Music - Clarinet Concerto / Clarinet Sonata / Chamber Symphony No. 4 (Oberaigner, Schöch, Michail Jurowski) (8.574192)

Mieczysław Weinberg was familiar with the clarinet from his youth, given its prominent place in klezmer bands and theatre ensembles, and he wrote three works specifically for the instrument. In the Clarinet Concerto he draws a wide range of textures from the accompanying strings, over which the soloist explores the clarinet’s extremes of register in virtuosic fashion. Despite having been written when Weinberg was still in his mid-twenties, the Clarinet Sonata is a mature work with Romantic and folkloric elements. His last completed work was the Chamber Symphony No. 4, an impassioned piece with a wrenching chorale theme and role for obbligato clarinet.




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WIDOR, C.-M.: Organ Symphonies (Complete), Vol. 2 - Nos. 3 and 4 (Rübsam) (8.574195)

Charles-Marie Widor was a hugely influential and venerated musician in his day, and his innovative organ symphonies are both a pinnacle of the repertoire and a testament to his creative and technical mastery of the instrument. These spectacular works are in the grand Romantic manner, but Widor was keenly aware of his musical ancestry, referring to music of the past such as Bach’s St Matthew Passion in the opening of the Third Symphony. The Scherzo of the Fourth Symphony is one of Widor’s finest symphonic movements, exploring the organ’s sonic beauties. The original E major Scherzo from the Symphony No. 2, which Widor subsequently replaced with a Salve Regina (see Volume 1: 8.574161), can be heard on Track 6.




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Piano Recital: Gulda, Friedrich - BEETHOVEN, L. van / BACH, J.S. / SCHUBERT, F. / COUPERIN, F. (The Stuttgart Solo Recitals) (1966-1979) (SWR19081CD)

International Piano, May 2020

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Piano Concertos - MOZART, W.A. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / HAYDN, J. (Gulda, Keilberth, Müller-Kray, Rosbaud) (1959-1962) (SWR19088CD)

International Piano, May 2020

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EXHIBITION ON SCREEN - LEONARDO: The Works (Art Documentary, 2019) (NTSC) (SEV207)




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Orchestral Music - TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. / STRAUSS, R. / STRAVINSKY, I. / SHOSTAKOVICH, D. (City of Birmingham Symphony, Nelsons) (9-CD Box Set) (C987199)




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VERDI, G.: Traviata (La) [Opera] (Royal Opera House, 2019) (NTSC) (OA1292D)




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VERDI, G.: Traviata (La) [Opera] (Royal Opera House, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (OABD7260D)




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ENRICO CECCHETTI DIPLOMA (THE) (Dance Documentary, 2019) (NTSC + Blu-ray, HD) (OASP4102BD)




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WHEELDON, C.: Within the Golden Hour / CHERKAOUI, S.L.: Medusa / PITE, C.: Flight Pattern [Ballets] (Royal Ballet, 2019) (NTSC) (OA1300D)




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WHEELDON, C.: Within the Golden Hour / CHERKAOUI, S.L.: Medusa / PITE, C.: Flight Pattern [Ballets] (Royal Ballet, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (OABD7265D)




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OSIPOVA, Natalia: Force of Nature Natalia (Dance Documentary, 2019) (NTSC) (OA1307D)




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OSIPOVA, Natalia: Force of Nature Natalia (Dance Documentary, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (OABD7269D)




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FEENEY, P.: Victoria [Ballet] (Northern Ballet, 2019) (NTSC) (OA1299D)




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FEENEY, P.: Victoria [Ballet] (Northern Ballet, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (OABD7264D)




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SHAKESPEARE, W.: Taming of the Shrew (The) (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2019) (NTSC) (OA1305D)




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MOZART, W.A.: Idomeneo [Opera] (Teatro Real, 2019) (NTSC) (OA1317D)




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MOZART, W.A.: Idomeneo [Opera] (Teatro Real, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (OABD7276D)




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KREISLER, Fritz: Complete Recordings, Vol. 9 (1927-1928) (8.111410)

Over the course of the twelve months charted in this ninth volume, the 52-year-old Fritz Kreisler made a series of recordings where he set down the standard electric versions of many of his most popular pieces. They include his first ever recording of his own Gipsy Caprice and of Falla’s Canción as well as a replacement for his acoustic 1912 recording of Schön Rosmarin. Four pieces with his cellist brother Hugo were made in Berlin, whilst some of his greatest playing comes in the Ruralia hungarica by his former sonata partner Dohnányi. All preserve the inimitable tonal and expressive beauties of which he was a master.




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RACHMANINOV, Sergey: Piano Solo Recordings, Vol. 6 - Victor Recordings (1922-1924) (8.111413)

After the end of his contract with Edison, the period covered in Volume 5 (8.111408), Rachmaninov signed for Victor in April 1920 and recorded for the company for the rest of his life. Victor was keen to record their star pianist in his own compositions, as well as short works by Chopin and popular encore pieces. This volume also contains the very rare test pressing of Le Cygne in Alexander Siloti’s transcription, and the premiere release first take of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 first movement, recorded acoustically in 1924.




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DOHNÁNYI, E.: Symphony No. 1 / Symphonic Minutes (Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic, Paternostro) (C5386)




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DOHNÁNYI, E.: Schleier der Pierrette (Der) (The Veil of Pierrette) [Pantomime] (Vienna Radio Symphony, Matiakh) (C5388)




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Violin Recital: Wohn, Dawn - ESMAIL, R. / ZWILICH, E.T. / KAPRÁLOVÁ, V. / KANG, Jung Sun / PRICE, F. / BOULANGER, L. / BEACH, A. (Perspectives) (DE3547)




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GOMES, C.: Schiavo (Lo) [Opera] (Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, 2019) (NTSC) (DYN-37845)




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GOMES, C.: Schiavo (Lo) [Opera] (Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (DYN-57845)




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OFFENBACH, J.: Mari à la porte (Le) [Operetta] (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2019) (NTSC) (DYN-37844)




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OFFENBACH, J.: Mari à la porte (Le) [Operetta] (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (DYN-57844)




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PAER, F.: Agnese [Opera] (Teatro Regio Torino, 2019) (NTSC) (DYN-37850)




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PAER, F.: Agnese [Opera] (Teatro Regio Torino, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (DYN-57850)




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MALVEZZI, C. / MARENZIO, L. / CACCINI, G. / BARDI, G. de' / PERI, J.: Pellegrina (La) (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2019) (NTSC) (DYN-37856)




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MALVEZZI, C. / MARENZIO, L. / CACCINI, G. / BARDI, G. de' / PERI, J.: Pellegrina (La) (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (DYN-57856)




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LEONCAVALLO, R.: Pagliacci [Opera] (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2019) (NTSC) (DYN-37863)




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LEONCAVALLO, R.: Pagliacci [Opera] (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (DYN-57863)




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VERDI, G.: Nabucco [Opera] (Teatro Regio di Parma, 2019) (NTSC) (DYN-37867)




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VERDI, G.: Nabucco [Opera] (Teatro Regio di Parma, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (DYN-57867)




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SPONTINI, G.: Fernand Cortez, ou La conquête du Mexique [Opera] (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2019) (NTSC) (DYN-37868)




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SPONTINI, G.: Fernand Cortez, ou La conquête du Mexique [Opera] (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (DYN-57868)




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ZEMLINSKY, A.: Zwerg (Der) [Opera] (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2019) (NTSC) (2.110657)




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ZEMLINSKY, A.: Zwerg (Der) [Opera] (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (NBD0108V)




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VERDI, G.: Simon Boccanegra [Opera] (Salzburg Festival, 2019) (NTSC) (802608)




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VERDI, G.: Simon Boccanegra [Opera] (Salzburg Festival, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (802704)




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VERDI, G.: Due Foscari (I) [Opera] (Teatro Regio di Parma, 2019) (NTSC) (DYN-37865)




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VERDI, G.: Due Foscari (I) [Opera] (Teatro Regio di Parma, 2019) (Blu-ray, HD) (DYN-57865)




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PROKOFIEV, S.: Romeo and Juliet [Ballet] (Zürich Ballet, 2019) (NTSC) (ACC-20484)