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Antonio Vivaldi - The Seasons - Winter: Movement I.

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R.Strauss: Jokanaan Scene (Salome)

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Schumann: Pianotrio in g kl.t., op.110

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Maria Callas

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Beethoven | Piano Sonata No.31, Adagio ma non troppo

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima treated to a concert by violinist Janine Jansen. The ceremony took place in the Sala Grande of the fifteenth-century palace of the Princes of Colonna, at the foot of the Quirinal Hill in Rome | June 21, 2017

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Artemis & Leif Ove Andsnes play Brahms piano quintet F minor - 2006

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Beethoven - Symphony No.9; Jarvi, DKB

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Photo courtesy RDA/Getty Images

“As far as flashy, oversize coffee table books go, opera star Maria Callas is a fitting subject,” says our classical music blogger Tom Huizenga (who, by the way, has a life-size standup of the singer at his desk).

Huizenga spoke to Tom Volf, the author behind a massive new book about Callas, about his first experience of hearing her voice:

I was coming not at all from the operatic world. I had no technical comparison or standards. The only thing I could see and feel was something incredible, indescribable, passing through me when I was listening to her. And I think it was a blend of discovering at the same time — and for the first time — some of these magnificent pieces with such incredible melodies that were taking me completely to another world.

Find their full conversation here.

– Petra

Tom and his office pal as they moved into NPR’s new headquarters a few years ago. Photo by Suraya Mohamed/NPR

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One of the best Beethoven Movements out there. A real jewel of the repertoire. Great viola part, too!

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Natalia Prischepenko, Wieniawski - Variations on an Original Theme