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The Classical Beat: August 23, 2009 - August 29, 2009

Estival Festivals: VI. Bayreuth

The Bayreuth Festival ends tonight, after this week's announcement that the festival will start issuing DVDs of its productions, in a new partnership with Opus Arte, in November. Also: A Bayreuth competition on Wagneropera.net.

By Anne Midgette  |  August 28, 2009; 6:30 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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On CD: Critical "Mass"

Marin Alsop's new recording of Bernstein's Mass with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is officially out today.

By Anne Midgette  |  August 27, 2009; 6:30 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (9)
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From Readers: Notes on a Review

Housekeeping: A reader has difficulty posting a comment to the blog, so I'm posting it for him here.

By Anne Midgette  |  August 25, 2009; 4:43 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (5)
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In Performance: Covington Quartet

Joe Banno reviews the Covington Quartet, who offered Beethoven and Bartok as part of the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association's summer series.

By Anne Midgette  |  August 25, 2009; 7:55 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (1)
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MaestroCam

A fine extra feature on the website of the BBC Proms provides specific commentary about selected conductors: check out Maestrocam.

By Anne Midgette  |  August 24, 2009; 12:10 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
Categories:  festivals , music on the Web  
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