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The complete Open Letters Monthly Archive.
Schubert's bleak, tumultuous song cycle, Winterreise, is the subject of tenor Ian Bostridge's passionate new book. Greg Waldmann examines Schubert's Winter Journey, and the trouble with hard-to-love classical music.
Read MoreMany composers and musicians believe we are in a golden age of experimental creativity in composition. So why does the general concert-going public hate the results?
Read MoreIt's been a bumper year for vocal recitals, but Norman Lebrecht has selected the best of the bunch--and the best album of 2012
Read MoreThe great Natalie Dessay is at her best in this recording of Claude Debussy's early piano suites
Read MoreThough most people don't understand musical notation or the theory underlying it, nearly all classical music writing relies on it. Today, the initiate has a better option: YouTube.
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